Computer Vision News - June 2016

Therefore, it is key to immediately take into account the general expectations of the project. I recommend to always start with the simplest cases , in order to ease the R&D work; on the other hand, do evaluate whether the project can be generalized in a straightforward way or, alternatively, it needs a larger development work to cover the most difficult cases. The same consideration can be learned from another of our projects, which concern ceramic tiles inspection: these need to be faultless, because any crack or irregularity in a tile will obviously cause it to be rejected. “ Start the project inspecting those tiles that are closer to the standard and only later move on to tiles with larger variations ” Cracked ceramic tile Computer Vision News Project Management Tip 27 This is why, in this industry, inspection is performed before shipment: the rationale for this is to avoid the trouble of later producing a small quantity for replacement. Algorithms need to be particularly sophisticated since production suffers variations (in features, color and sometimes in the tile’s pattern) and your software needs to fit the changing environment it is designed for. That’s additional evidence that it’s better to start the project with the inspection of those tiles that are closer to the standard and only later move on to tiles with larger variations, which are of course more challenging to inspect.