Contour Detection in Glass Fiber Layups with Geometric Prior
摘要
Transitioning from manual to automated composite manufacturing has the potential to optimize both cost and efficiency for many industries, yet quality control is a key challenge. This paper introduces a method for the task of quality inspection in low-contrast, hard-to-model, contours of glass fiber plies in industrial composite layups. Our approach is based on per-pixel classification using a deep neural network and we introduce a novel regularization formulation based on a geometrical prior to encourage smooth and continuous contours. Training and evaluation is performed on a dataset collected from layups in a prototype glass fiber mould, showing its capabilities in an industrial scenario.