Process and apparatus for the acquisition and processing of screen images
First Claim
1. Process for the detection of faults and defects in material used in the formation of a mechanical part comprising the following stages:
- a. X-ray irradiating the part at least twice under identical conditions and in accordance with the same view of the part;
b. obtaining at least two X-ray screen images for each view of the part to be inspected;
c. conversion of these screen images into digital video images coded on several grey levels;
d. processing each image, said processing involving the following substages i. to iv. including;
i. correction by digital filtering of each image compared with itself;
ii. correction of the filtered images by comparison with a reference image;
iii. binarization of the images by the comparison of each image with a threshold in order to only retain the image points which are equal to or higher than said threshold and which are liable to correspond to a fault in the part; and
iv. superimposing the images in order to determine the image points which correspond to faults thus detecting the faults in the part.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the acquisition and processing of screen images or radiographs and to an apparatus making it possible to inspect or control mechanical parts. The process consists of obtaining at least two screen images of the part to be inspected, converting said images into digital video images coded on several grey levels, correcting each image with respect to itself and then with respect to a reference image and finally binarizing the corrected images in order to superimpose them, so as to determine the image points which correspond and thus detect defects. Application to the control and inspection of mechanical parts.
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12 Claims
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1. Process for the detection of faults and defects in material used in the formation of a mechanical part comprising the following stages:
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a. X-ray irradiating the part at least twice under identical conditions and in accordance with the same view of the part; b. obtaining at least two X-ray screen images for each view of the part to be inspected; c. conversion of these screen images into digital video images coded on several grey levels;
d. processing each image, said processing involving the following substages i. to iv. including;i. correction by digital filtering of each image compared with itself; ii. correction of the filtered images by comparison with a reference image; iii. binarization of the images by the comparison of each image with a threshold in order to only retain the image points which are equal to or higher than said threshold and which are liable to correspond to a fault in the part; and iv. superimposing the images in order to determine the image points which correspond to faults thus detecting the faults in the part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11)
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6. Apparatus for the detection of faults and defects in materials used in the formation of a mechanical part, comprising:
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a X-ray tube, which makes it possible to pass X-rays through the part to be inspected; a real time detector equipped with a brightness amplifier; a focussing optics; a mirror for reflecting each photon image from the focussing optics; cameras for receiving the images reflected by the mirror; means for obtaining at least two images of a part to be inspected for each view of the part; means for processing the images incorporating; first correction means performing a filtering of each image compared with itself; second correction means performing a filtering compared with a filtered reference image; means for thresholding each image; means ensuring a logic AND function between the images after thresholding. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 12)
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