Color Pattern Matching Example
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You use color pattern matching to locate known reference or fiducial patterns in an image quickly. Pattern matching is the key to many applications. Color pattern matching can provide your application with information about the presence or absence, number, and location of the model within an image.
You use color pattern matching in the following three general applications areas:
* Alignment -- Determine the position and orientation of a known object by locating features. You use the features as points of reference on the object.
* Gauging -- Measure lengths, diameters, angles, and other critical dimensions. If the measurements fall outside of set tolerance levels, the component is rejected. You sometimes use gauging in-line with the manufacturing process and off-line. If you make the measurements off-line, a sample of components is used to determine the quality of a lot or batch of manufactured components.
* Inspection -- Detect simple flaws, such as missing parts or unreadable printing.
Learn more about common image processing algorithms and see case studies at Analysis in Machine Vision Applications
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