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Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering >> 2023, Volume 24, Issue 3 doi: 10.1631/FITEE.2200547

Visual interactive image clustering: a target-independent approach for configuration optimization in machine vision measurement

浙江工业大学计算机学院,中国杭州市,310012

Received: 2022-11-05 Accepted: 2023-03-25 Available online: 2023-03-25

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Abstract

(MVM) is an essential approach that measures the area or length of a target efficiently and non-destructively for product quality control. The result of MVM is determined by its configuration, especially the in image acquisition and the algorithmic in image processing. In a traditional workflow, engineers constantly adjust and verify the configuration for an acceptable result, which is time-consuming and significantly depends on expertise. To address these challenges, we propose a target-independent approach, , which facilitates configuration optimization by grouping images into different clusters to suggest lighting schemes with common parameters. Our approach has four steps: data preparation, data sampling, data processing, and visual analysis with our visualization system. During preparation, engineers design several candidate lighting schemes to acquire images and develop an algorithm to process images. Our approach samples engineer-defined parameters for each image and obtains results by executing the algorithm. The core of data processing is the explainable measurement of the relationships among images using the algorithmic parameters. Based on the image relationships, we develop VMExplorer, a visual analytics system that assists engineers in grouping images into clusters and exploring parameters. Finally, engineers can determine an appropriate lighting scheme with robust parameter combinations. To demonstrate the effectiveness and usability of our approach, we conduct a case study with engineers and obtain feedback from expert interviews.

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