ASSIST: Automatic system for surface inspection and sorting of tiles

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 179-188

  Boukouvalas, Costas ^a   De Natale, Francesco ^b   De Toni, Giovanni ^c   Kittler, Josef ^a   Marik, Radek ^a   Mirmehdi, Majid ^a,e   Petrou, Maria ^a   Le Roy, Phillip ^d   Salgari, Roberto ^c   Vernazza, Gianni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Bull HN Information Systems   (Italy)

^d Laboratoires Electroniques de Renes   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramic tiles; Color grading; Surface inspection

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COLOR; DEFECTS; INSPECTION; MATERIALS HANDLING; SENSORS;

AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR SURFACE INSPECTION AND SORTING OF TILES (ASSIST); COLOR GRADING;

TILE;

EID: 0032187431     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(98)00044-2     Document Type: Article

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