Intelligent Optical Classification System for Electronic Components

摘要

Since the revival of neural networks in the mid eighties, only fairly recently practical systems started to be developed using intelligent in favour of purely statistical methods together with image processing [4]. In this perspective, this paper presents the development of the machine vision part of a practical fully automatic system that sorts electronic components according to their type. This prototype system is specially designed to deal with a high volume of samples. Therefore, it may be used in electronics laboratories at educational institutions to assist the staff with laborious task of keeping the equipment in place and ready to use for teaching purposes.