Abstract
As a mature research topic, machine vision dates back to the mid-1960s. Early work at a range of institutions, including the National Physical Laboratory (UK), SIRA (UK), SRI, MIT and Edinburgh University, demonstrated the potential of machine vision in inspection, robotic control and automated assembly. Machine vision is an umbrella term used to describe many different types of vision systems, but in general, machine vision systems are used in the automated processing, analysis and understanding of images in an industrial environment.’ A more formal definition is given as follows:
“The use of devices for optical, non-contact sensing to automatically receive and interpret an image of a real scene in order to obtain information and/or control machines or processes.” [AVA-85]
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Batchelor, B.G., Whelan, P.F. (1997). Basic Concepts. In: Intelligent Vision Systems for Industry. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0431-5_1
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