Automated visual inspection using a distributed blackboard architecture

International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 12-20

  Tait, Roger J ^a   Schaefer, Gerald ^a   Hopgood, Adrian A ^a   Nolle, Lars ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blackboard system; Defect detection; Image registration; Parallel image processing; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER VISION; DATA HANDLING; DEFECTS; FACE RECOGNITION; IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

AUTOMATED VISION SYSTEMS; AUTOMATED VISUAL INSPECTION; BLACKBOARD SYSTEMS; DEFECT DETECTION; DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DISTRIBUTED BLACKBOARD; PARALLEL IMAGE PROCESSING; VISUAL INSPECTION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 84865804003     PISSN: 14738031     EISSN: 1473804X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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