Title: Research on vehicle weld clearance detection algorithm based on image processing

Authors: Xiaoli Zhang; Xiaoyong Han

Addresses: Jilin Business and Technology College Changchun, Changchun 130000, Jilin, China ' Jilin Business and Technology College Changchun, Changchun 130000, Jilin, China

Abstract: The realisation of weld clearance detection algorithm is the key to vehicle weld detection based on image processing. In this paper, the weld detection area of the acquired image is set on the high resolution CCD image of vehicle weld gap, and then the weld line is detected by combining Hough transform and least squares method. Owing to abnormalities such as broken lines, overlapping lines, and slopes in the detected straight lines, all the checked straight lines are first optimised to extract valid weld straight lines. Finally, the distance of the weld gap is calculated using a formula. The method can be used to measure the weld gap of vehicles quickly and accurately.

Keywords: image processing; weld detection; weld straight line detection.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2020.111205

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2020 Vol.19 No.3, pp.236 - 240

Received: 07 Sep 2019
Accepted: 27 Mar 2020
Published online: 13 Nov 2020 *

Full-text access for editors Full-text access for subscribers Purchase this article Comment on this article