Dual-Camera Vision System for Fatigue Monitoring

Abstract:

The article presents a dual-camera vision system for fatigue monitoring composed of a vision unit, a camera positioning set and a computer unit. Vision modules are mounted onto the 4DOF positioning sets, which allows for an easy determination of the position of the camera in relation to the sample. The application of motorized measurement lenses with changeable configuration, thanks to the alteration of the distance of observation and the vision angle, enables the adaptation of the system to different scales of observation of the fatigue processes in the specimen surface. Automatic focus setting is realised with the use of the implemented algorithm. The software developed allows for the analysis of fatigue fracture for two 2D images or the 3D stereovision image.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 726)
• Pages: 226-232
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.726.226
• Online since: August 2012
• Authors: Tomasz Giesko
• Keywords: Dual-Camera System, Fatigue Monitoring, Vision System

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