DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEGRADATION
An object of the present disclosure is to enable inspection of an invisible portion covered with a cover or the like with a quantitative index even with backlight. The present disclosure provides a device and a method for determining deterioration of a metal structure having an uneven structure. An image indicating unevenness of a surface of the metal structure measured using a terahertz wave is acquired. The deterioration of the metal structure is determined by analyzing the acquired image.
1 . A deterioration determination device, comprising one or more processors, configured to determine deterioration of a metal structure having an uneven structure, the deterioration determination device configured to:
acquire an image indicating unevenness of a surface of the metal structure measured using a terahertz wave; and
determine deterioration of the metal structure by analyzing the acquired image.
2 . The deterioration determination device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal structure is a linear structure, and
the deterioration determination device is configured to:
a detect straight lines from the image;
extract the straight lines corresponding to metal wires included in the image by using an inclination of the straight lines; and
determine deterioration of the linear structure using the number of extracted straight lines.
3 . The deterioration determination device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the image is an image indicating reflection intensity of the terahertz wave with which the metal structure is irradiated, and
the deterioration determination device is configured to detect the straight lines using a region where a reflection intensity is high in the image.
4 . The deterioration determination device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the deterioration determination device is configured to:
normalize the image by using one threshold or a plurality of thresholds determined with the reflection intensity;
binarize each of the normalized images; and
detect the straight lines by using the plurality of binarized images.
5 . The deterioration determination device according to claim 2 , wherein the deterioration determination device is configured to:
calculate a precision of the linear structure using a total number of straight lines detected from the image and the number of straight lines corresponding to metal wires extracted from the image; and
determine deterioration of the linear structure using the precision.
6 . The deterioration determination device according to claim 2 , wherein progressive probabilistic Hough transform is used to detect the straight lines, and
a threshold of the progressive probabilistic Hough transform is 5 or more and 20 or less.
7 . A deterioration determination system comprising:
the deterioration determination device according to claim 1 ;
a measurement unit, comprising one or more processors, configured to measure unevenness of a surface of the metal structure; and
a mechanism unit, comprising one or more processors, configured to measure unevenness of the surface of the metal structure by moving the measurement unit in a longitudinal direction of the metal structure and a rotational direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction,
wherein the deterioration determination device configured to determine deterioration of the metal structure using an image obtained from data measured by the measurement unit.
8 . A deterioration determination method of determining deterioration of a metal structure having an uneven structure, the method comprising:
acquiring an image indicating unevenness of a surface of the metal structure measured using a terahertz wave; and
determining deterioration of the metal structure by analyzing the acquired image.