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<p>Missing fastener detection is a critical task due to its similar characteristics with surrounding environments. In this paper, a machine vision based fully automatic detection and classification of missing fastener detection system is proposed using Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier. This proposed system consists of preprocessing, transformation, feature extraction and classifications. Image resizing is performed as preprocessing step and Gabor transform is used as transformation technique. Grey Level Cooccurence Matrix (GLCM) features, Local Binary Pattern (LBP) features and Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) are used as features in this paper. SVM classifier is used as classifier in order to classify the test rail track image into either track image with fastener or track image without fastener.</p>
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Missing fastener detection is a critical task due to its similar characteristics with surrounding environments. In this paper, a machine vision based fully automatic detection and classification of missing fastener detection system is proposed using Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier. This proposed system consists of preprocessing, transformation, feature extraction and classifications. Image resizing is performed as preprocessing step and Gabor transform is used as transformation technique. Grey Level Cooccurence Matrix (GLCM) features, Local Binary Pattern (LBP) features and Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) are used as features in this paper. SVM classifier is used as classifier in order to classify the test rail track image into either track image with fastener or track image without fastener.

Machine Vision Based Missing Fastener Detection in Rail Track Images Using SVM Classifier

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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Missing fastener detection is a critical task due to its similar characteristics with surrounding environments. In this paper, a machine vision based fully...

Machine Vision Based Missing Fastener Detection in Rail Track Images Using SVM Classifier

Published Online: Sep 01, 2017

Page range: 574 - 589

Received: May 27, 2017

Accepted: Jun 15, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-271

© 2017 R. Manikandan et al., published by Sciendo

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