Three-dimensional surface defect inspection remains a challenging task. This paper
describes a novel automatic vision-based inspection system that is capable of detecting and …

Human visual inspection skills remain superior for ensuring product quality and
conformance to standards in the manufacturing industry. However, at present these skills …

Automated inspection using deep-learning has been attracting attention for visual inspection
at the manufacturing site. However, the inability to obtain sufficient abnormal product data for …

Aircraft surface inspection includes detecting surface defects caused by corrosion and
cracks and stains from the oil spill, grease, dirt sediments, etc. In the conventional aircraft …

Skin defect inspection is one of the most significant tasks in the conventional process of
aircraft inspection. This paper proposes a vision-based method of pixel-level defect …

This paper deals with an automated preflight aircraft inspection using a pan-tilt-zoom
camera mounted on a mobile robot moving autonomously around the aircraft. The general …

The mathematical statement of the problem of recognizing rivet joint defects in aircraft
products is given. A computational method for the recognition of rivet joint defects in aircraft …

Aircraft surface defect (ASD) detection is crucial for ensuring flight safety. Addressing
challenges such as large-scale variations, irregular shapes, and sample imbalance in ASD …

Aircraft maintenance plays a key role in the safety of air transport. One of its most significant
procedures is the visual inspection of the aircraft skin for defects. This is mainly carried out …

Currently, most aircraft skin crack inspections are done by naked-eye vision and video
instrumentation, but a single vision inspection can only provide partial information and …