Machine vision recognition of weld pool in gas tungsten arc welding

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 141-152

  Kovacevic, R ^a   Zhang, Y M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TUNGSTEN; WELDS;

GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING; MACHINE VISION RECOGNITION; REAL TIME RECOGNITION ALGORITHM; WELD POOL;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 0029232219     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: 20411975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1995_209_066_02     Document Type: Article

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