Figure 1. - Mechanical part being inspected: a stretched o-ring
Abstract
No, I would better say "concrete", since I am working with and about it, since 1993.
In this page you will know about a tight relation between Industrial Vision and myself. From this relation, a Laboratory, simply addressed as "Vision Lab", was born.
To know more about this story you can first learn what is vision (§ 1.) and step to the conclusions (§ 5.) or you can go straight to the main research topics (§ 2.). The development and the activity of the Vision Lab (§ 3.) are also described in this page, with additional links (§ 4.) and references (§ 6.).
Key words: the vision laboratory web page, research activity and other information
If you are reading this page, you know for sure what is human
vision! In artificial vision, the human eyes are
substituted by one or more other sensors (typically cameras) and
instead of a brain, a CPU is used to extract information from
images and for decision making.
In industrial vision, these smart techniques are used
for automation and to solve big or small problems arising during
production processess, while manufacturing goods or for quality
control [Jan98].
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| I have been working on the following applications of
vision to production [A&S98-I]: |
Figure 1. - Mechanical part being inspected: a stretched o-ring |
My main research topics in vision are summarised in: ----------------
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Figure 2. - Stone sample: a veined Carrara marble tile |
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| Staff The Vision Group at the DIMNP includes: prof. M. Santochi, prof. G. Tantussi and prof. Gino Dini. Former and present students of the Vision Lab are listed here. SoftwareI am currently developing in Visual Basic® a general purpose interface integrating both standard and new designed algorithms that I have used and tested in my research experience. The software can be run on any 32 bit Windows®-based PC and is called iVision©. It integrates the Matrox™ Imaging Library and is able to exchange data with Matlab® - Mathworks™. HardwareThe laboratory is equipped with different PCs, frame grabbers and cameras from the following manufacturers: Matrox (Image LC, Meteor2 MC cards and related software), JAI (M50 and M90 cameras), Play (Snappy card). Go back to the abstract. |
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Artificial Vision (AV) is a strategic technique to increase
the competitiveness of industries. It takes advantage from the
progress in different related topics, such as computer science,
microelectronics and robotics. In addition, it is a charming
research subject in all aspects involved, like: image processing,
sensors, optics, lighting etc.
If you are not already, I wish you to become fascinated by vision
like all those who came in touch with it and like I am.
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Acknowledgements
First of all, thanks to God, because He gave us Vision and all over Life, which is the conditio sine qua non.
A special thank to all visitors and to those that will drop their comments or will let me know about expired links.
This is a selection of my papers. All references are cited in § 2. and may belong to several different topics. They are listed in inverse chronological order and are divided in four groups:
Only few papers, where indicated, are available on-line in some readable format.
[Cirp99] Lanzetta, M.; Santochi, M.; Tantussi, G.: Computer-Aided Visual Inspection in Assembly, Annals of the CIRP, vol. 48, n. 1, 1999, pp. 21-24.
[Icme98] Lanzetta, M.; Dini, G.: An Integrated Vision-Force System for Peg-in-hole Assembly Operations, ICME'98, CIRP International Seminar on «Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering», Capri (Naples), Italy, July 1st-3rd, 1998, pp. 615-621.
[Amst96] Lanzetta, M.; Tantussi, G.: Monitoring Critical Points in Robot Operations with an Artificial Vision System, AMST'96, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on «Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Technology», CISM Courses and Lectures No. 372, Edited by E. Kuljanic, Springer-Verlag, Wien New York, Udine (Italy), September 2nd-3rd, 1996, pp. 593-600, (Sommario, Html).
[Aitem99] Lanzetta, M.; Tantussi, G.; Santochi, M.: An Approach to On-line Welding Control through an Artificial Vision System, A.I.Te.M IV, Proceedings of the 4th A.I.Te.M Conference, Italian Association of Mechanical Technology, Brescia, Italy, September 13th-15th, 1999, pp. 501-509.
[Aitem97] Lanzetta, M.; Tantussi, G.: The quality control of natural materials: defect detection on Carrara marble with an artificial vision system, A.I.Te.M III, Proceedings of the 3rd A.I.Te.M Conference, Italian Association of Mechanical Technology, Fisciano (Salerno), Italy, September 17th-19th, 1997, pp. 449-456.
[Aitem95] Tantussi, G.; Lanzetta, M.; Santochi, M.: The quality control in the field of marble: an artificial vision system for the automatic selection of tiles, A.I.Te.M II, Proceedings of the 2nd A.I.Te.M Conference, Italian Association of Mechanical Technology, Padua (Italy), September 18th-20th, 1995, pp. 439-448, (Sommario, Html).
[A&S98-II] Lanzetta, M.: 3D Vision in Production Processes, Part II - Applications (in Italian), Automazione e Strumentazione Elettronica Industriale, ANIPLA, Italian National Association for Automation, n. 3, Year XLVI, March 1998, pp. 137-144.
[A&S98-I] Lanzetta, M.: 3D Vision in Production Processes, Part I - State of the Art (in Italian), Automazione e Strumentazione Elettronica Industriale, ANIPLA, Italian National Association for Automation, n. 2, Year XLVI, February 1998, pp. 155-164.
[Jan98] Lanzetta, M.: Fondamenti e principali tecniche di Visione Artificiale per Automazione Industriale, Tipografia Editrice Pisana, Pisa, Gennaio 1998.
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Submitted on: 17/02/1999 |
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Date of publication in this final form: 05/11/1999 |
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Michele
Lanzetta
Department
of Mechanical, Nuclear and Production Engineering
Faculty
of Engineering
University
of Pisa
Via Bonanno Pisano, 25/B
I-56126 Pisa, Italy
