Prolog-based prototyping software for machine vision

Bruce G. Batchelor; Ralf Hack; Andrew C. Jones

doi:10.1117/12.257270

31 October 1996 Prolog-based prototyping software for machine vision

Bruce G. Batchelor, Ralf Hack, Andrew C. Jones

Proceedings Volume 2908, Machine Vision Applications, Architectures, and Systems Integration V; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.257270
Event: Photonics East '96, 1996, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Prolog image processing (PIP) is a multi-media prototyping tool, intended to assist designers of intelligent industrial machine vision systems. This is the latest in a series of prolog-based systems that have been implemented at Cardiff, specifically for this purpose. The software package provides fully integrated facilities for both interactive and programmed image processing, 'smart' documentation, guidance about which lighting/viewing set-up to use, speech/natural language input and speech output. It can also be used to control a range of electro-mechanical devices, such as lamps, cameras, lenses, pneumatic positioning mechanisms, robots, etc., via a low-cost hardware interfacing module. The software runs on a standard computer, with no predecessors in that the image processing is carried out entirely in software. This article concentrates on the design and implementation of the PIP system, and presents programs for two demonstration applications: (a) recognizing a non-picture playing card; (b) recognizing a well laid table place setting.

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Bruce G. Batchelor, Ralf Hack, and Andrew C. Jones "Prolog-based prototyping software for machine vision", Proc. SPIE 2908, Machine Vision Applications, Architectures, and Systems Integration V, (31 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.257270

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