Patent ID: 11935216
Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 18:
19. A method of inspecting parts comprising:
loading the parts on an upper surface of a sorting platform;
imaging the parts at an inspection station positioned adjacent the sorting platform using an imaging device to image the parts on the upper surface;
receiving images from the imaging device at a vision inspection controller having an image histogram tool and a shape recognition tool;
pre-processing the images using the image histogram tool to improve contrast of the images by redistributing lightness values of the images based on adaptive histogram equalization processing to generate enhanced images that are different from the images received from the imaging device;
processing the enhanced images, which are different from the images received from the imaging device, using the shape recognition tool based on an image analysis module modeled corresponding to the enhanced images to determine inspection results for each of the parts; and
customizing the image analysis model using an artificial intelligence learning module to configure the image analysis model based on the enhanced images.