Machine Vision (5 cr)

Materials

Materials in the e-learning environment.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Completion alternatives

The admission procedures are described in the degree rule and the study guide. The teacher of the course will give you more information on possible specific course practices.

Further information

The evaluation is based on the qualitative evaluation of the exam and exercises/assignments.

Student workload

One credit (1 Cr) corresponds to an average of 27 hours of work.

- lectures 40h
- independent study and assignments 50h
- laboratory work and small group learning 45h
Total 135 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient (1): Students is partly able to design machine vision system and take into account the requirements of the application. Students is able to design and implement hardware, software and installations for machine vision applications but the design and implementation is significantly incomplete.

Satisfactory (2): Student is mainly able to design machine vision system and take into account the requirements of the application. Students is able to design and implement hardware, software and installations for machine vision applications but the design and/or implementation is incomplete.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): Student is able to solve machine vision system design and installation issues according to the requirements of the application. Students is able to design and implement machine vision applications in a functional way including component selection, software and installations. Despite functional implementation, selections and/or implementation are not optimal.

Very good (4): Student is able to manage the design and installation challenges of a machine vision system according to the requirements of the application. Students is able to design and implement machine vision applications in a very good way including component selection, software and installations but there are small selection or implementation differences in the solutions compared to the optimal.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): Student is able to master the design and installation of a machine vision system according to the requirements of the application. Student is able to design and implement challenging machine vision applications in an optimal way including component selection, software and installations.

Exam schedules

The possible date and method of the exam will be announced in the course opening.

Teaching language

en

Teaching methods

- independent study
- distance learning
- webinars
- small group learning
- laboratory work
- learning tasks

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5

Qualifications

Fundamentals in field of technology, programming skills

Content

Camera and lightning technologies
Optics
Image acquisition
Image analysis
Designing machine vision system
Programming machine vision application and applying machine vision algorithms
Interfaces for external systems

Objective

Main objectives for this course are acquiring knowledge and getting familiar with different types of machine vision systems and solutions (including robotics applications). Studying in this course require fundamentals in field of technology and programming skills. This course enables further studies of the subject in other courses.

EUR-ACE ENGINEERING PRACTICE
Student is familiar and able to use image acquisition, image pre-processing and image analysis functions in machine vision systems with grayscale and color cameras. Student is familiar with hardware component properties (cameras, image processing components, light sources, optics, connections) in machine vision. Student understands functionalities, limits and opportunities in machine vision systems. Student is able to design machine vision system and program machine vision application and algorithms according to end-user requirements. Student is able to design the installation of the machine vision system according to end-user needs (designing optical geometry, choosing camera and lightning options, implementing interface to automation system, designing environmental protection).