Measuring the Dimensions of Mechanical Component using Image Processing Techniques

This paper introduces automated process for measuring the dimensions of mechanical component. The proposed method includes image pre-processing techniques, edge detection technique, hough transform technique for circle detection and stereo vision concept is used for hole depth measurement of mechanical component. In practical, there are many factors which affects the measurement result. Noise may play key role. In order to eliminate noise effect on measurement Gaussian filtering algorithm is used. Then canny edge detection technique is used for edge detection, which helps to improve the accuracy of the result. For hole diameter measurement first we have to find out the circular shape and for circle identification we are using Hough transform technique. We are going to calculate the depth of hole by using the elevation by parallax technique. This proposed method is used for specific type of component. But in future this method can be applied for many type of real time application.