ACCURATE MEASUREMENT METHOD OF THE THICKNESS OF A QUARTZ PENDULOUS REED BY COMBINING POLARIZED REFLECTANCE AND VISION IMAGE

摘要

The detection of thickness provides important information on the production process of the quartz pendulous reed (QRP). Through real-time detection of QPR thickness, high-quality products can be produced, and defective products can be identified and removed. In order to improve detection accuracy and efficiency, a novel noncontact method for measuring the QPR thickness by combining the polarized reflectance and vision image is presented, which can be automated. Based on Snell's law of fundamental optics, the image of the laser spot is obtained by a laser vision system. The selection criterion of the laser incident angle is analyzed. An improved edge detection algorithm is proposed to locate the subpixel edge of the laser spot, and the calculation method of the laser spot center is presented based on a set of subpixel edge-point data obtained by defining an error function which is to optimize the distribution of data points and minimize it. Experimental results show that the method proposed has good stability and high measurement accuracy, which can achieve noncontact accurate measurement of QPR thickness.