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Master Thesis - Fachbereich Informatik

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104 CHAPTER 5. RESULTS AND EVALUATION<br />

Figure 5.3: At velocities > 30m/min larger sequences of tubes with a small spacing have to<br />

be placed on the conveyor using a special supply tube.<br />

5.1.4. Strategies<br />

Online vs Offline Inspection There are two main strategies for evaluation of the inspection<br />

system. The first strategy analyzes the tubes online, i.e. in real-time on the conveyor.<br />

This includes the tube localization, tracking, measuring as well as the good/bad classification.<br />

The results are stored in a file and can be further processed or visualized afterward.<br />

This is closely related to the application at production. The drawback of this approach is<br />

that if there is some interesting or strange behavior observed in the resulting data, it is<br />

difficult to localize the origin.<br />

Therefore, the second evaluation strategy is based on an offline inspection. This means<br />

a sequence of tubes is first captured into a file at the maximum frame rate that can be<br />

processed online. Then, the sequence can be analyzed repetitive with different sets of<br />

parameters or methods. This is a significant advantage if one wants to compare different<br />

techniques or parameter settings.<br />

In the following experiments, both strategies will be applied.<br />

Tube Placement The prototype setup in the laboratory has one significant drawback.<br />

The tubes to be inspected have to be added manually to the conveyor, since there is no<br />

second conveyor from which the tubes fall onto continuously like in production. The size of<br />

the conveyor allows for about 21 tubes of 50mm length with a spacing of 10mm in between.<br />

If all tubes are placed on the inactive conveyor it takes some time until the desired velocity<br />

is reached. Therefore, at faster velocities, the first tubes pass the measuring area with a<br />

slower velocity leading to unequal conditions between measurements.<br />

Hence, either less tubes have to be placed on the conveyor (starting further away from<br />

themeasuringarea)orthetubeshavetobeplacedontotheconveyorwhileitisrunning<br />

at the desired velocity. The later is hardly possible for a human without producing large<br />

spacings between two consecutive tubes. Instead a certain supply tube of about 1.30m<br />

length, with a diameter slightly larger than the current tube diameter, can be used as<br />

magazine for about 25 tubes of 50mm length (see Figure 5.3). The supply tube is placed<br />

at steep angle at the front of the conveyor (in moving direction). If the conveyor is not<br />

moving, the tubes are blocked and can not leave the supply tube. On the other hand if<br />

theconveyorismoving,thebottomtubeisgrippedbythebeltandcanleavethesupply<br />

tube through a bevel opening in moving direction. If the velocity of the conveyor is fast

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