BEAD APPEARANCE INSPECTION DEVICE, BEAD APPEARANCE INSPECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND BEAD APPEARANCE INSPECTION SYSTEM

摘要

This bead appearance inspection device is provided with: an input unit that takes, as input, input data relating to a welding bead of a workpiece produced by welding; a first assessment unit that uses the input data and master data for a non-defective workpiece to perform a first inspection assessment relating to the shape of the welding bead on the basis of a comparison of the input data and the master data; k second assessment units that k (where k is an integer 1 or greater) types of artificial intelligence are built into and that perform a second inspection assessment relating to welding defects in the welding bead on the basis of processing of the input data by the k types of artificial intelligence; and an overall assessment unit that, on the basis of assessment results from the first assessment unit and the k second assessment units, outputs results of an appearance inspection of the welding bead to an output device.