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Crack Detection in Wooden Pallets Using the Wavelet Transform of the Histogram of Connected Elements

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Computational Intelligence and Bioinspired Systems (IWANN 2005)

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The paper presents the application of the wavelet transform of the frequency histogram of connected elements to the detection of very thin cracks in used pallets. First, the paper presents this novel concept and introduces the parameters that define a connected element, showing that the conventional grayscale intensity histogram of a digital image is a particular case of the histogram of connected elements. Then, the discriminant capability of the wavelet transform of this generalized histogram is analyzed. In particular, the information conveyed by the histogram of connected elements is exploited to detect very thin cracks in used pallets. An artificial neural network classifier to discriminate sound wood from defective wood with very thin cracks has been designed. The exhaustive experimental test carried out with numerous boards of used pallets has validated the proposed method, in particular its remarkably low ratio of false alarms.

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Patricio, M.A., Maravall, D., Usero, L., Rejón, J. (2005). Crack Detection in Wooden Pallets Using the Wavelet Transform of the Histogram of Connected Elements. In: Cabestany, J., Prieto, A., Sandoval, F. (eds) Computational Intelligence and Bioinspired Systems. IWANN 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3512. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11494669_148

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