Computer-Aided Recognition of Defects in Welded Joints during Visual Inspections Based on Geometric Attributes

摘要

An automated defect recognition algorithm is presented for detecting and classifying weld defects by photographic images. The proposed recognition algorithm selects a defective domain in a segmented image, extracts geometric features from the image, and relates the defect to one of six classes: no defect, cavity, longitudinal crack, transverse crack, burn-through, or multiple defect. The algorithm is implemented in the Matlab 2018b MathWorks environment and has been tested on 60 photographs of defects of various classes; the accuracy of recognition was 85%.