A Cascaded Zoom-In Method for Defect Detection of Solder Joints

Zhiwei Zhang, Hua Wang, Shengmin Zhou, Ronghua Zhou, Lei Sun

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Abstract

Defect detection of solder joints plays an essential role in PCB quality control. Feature-Extraction based detection method is popular where color-histogram features and SIFT features are widely used. The histogram feature is simple but incapable of detecting all defect categories. The SIFT feature is invariant to scale and rotation and is able to detect tiny defects, but high computational complexity limits its application. With the observation that most solder joints are defect free in practice, a two-step Cascaded Zoom-In (CZI) detection method is proposed to explore the possibility of combing the merits of both the histogram and the SIFT features. The output of most defect-free solder joints is mostly with a high confidence score in the first step and avoids a costive computation in the second step. Experiments based on real-world data are implemented and demonstrate that our proposed method is not only computationally simple but also with a high detection accuracy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 14th IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing Proceedings, ICSP 2018
EditorsYuan Baozong, Ruan Qiuqi, Zhao Yao, An Gaoyun
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1081-1086
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538646724
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Feb 2019
Event14th IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, ICSP 2018 - Beijing, China
Duration: 12 Aug 201816 Aug 2018

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Signal Processing Proceedings, ICSP
Volume2018-August

Conference

Conference14th IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, ICSP 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period12/08/1816/08/18

Keywords

  • Anomaly detection
  • Computer vision
  • Defect detection
  • Feature extraction

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