Inspekto technology

The best of both worlds: Human cognition coupled with machine repeatability and accuracy

AMV-AI – a novel holistic machine vision technology

Whenever you look at something, your brain carries out a series of processes without you even acknowledging it. First,
it controls the eyes in order to acquire the best image then it recognises what is the particular object seen.
Then, it inspects anomalies to reach an OK/NOK decision.
Autonomous Machine Vision – Artificial Intelligence (AMV-AI) follows this same cognitive process. AMV-AI comprises of three
independent and synergetic AI engines driving a unique electro-optic system

1ST AI Engine

Getting the Image

Acquisition

Self set-up of all optics parameters per specific use case & scenario
Self adjust mechanism during runtime dynamically mitigating changes in the production environment
Smartly selects optimized image from the live stream for the recognition and inspection engines

2ND AI Engine

Identifying the Part

Recognition

Recognizes and detects rigid objects of any shape and surface
One reference image is sufficient for detection
Supports variations in location and rotation in the Field of View (FOV)
Can be self-triggered or use an external trigger

3RD AI Engine

Finding the Defect

Inspection

Requires 20-30 good parts (OK) only, with no onsite training
Understands product tolerances
Physical attributes
Differentiate between defects and permittable defects (without any prior defect references nor training)
Ongoing improvement via continuous deep- learning

Proprietary

Fully Contained Electro-Optic System

HW Layer - Novel electro-optic layer

A multi parameter electro-optic vision system designed for ultimate flexibility
Embedded smart PWM lighting array with varying light direction and intensities
Mega pixel global shutter image sensor with optical zoom
Novel, patent-pending architecture

AMV-AI more than just machine vision AI

AMV-AI is not powering a software – it is powering a product
It is not used for the inspection module only, it is an end-to-end AI solution

	AMV-AI	Other machine vision with AI
AI span	+ End to end: from image capturing to inspection	- Inspection only
Image capturing	+ Dynamically adjusts the electro optics system to acquire the best image (from one image)	- Image acquisition is pre-set and not dynamic
Part recognition	+ Automatic independent detection of object	- External trigger
Inspection	+ Only need a small amount of OK images. No need for NOK images.	- Requires many OK & NOK objects
Deployment simplicity	+ No training process	- Requires training & development of rules for pattern matching

Mastering light

Embedded illumination is controlled by pulse-width modulation
Using boosted pulses of illumination synchronized with the camera exposures, taken autonomously at the best moment to capture the object
LEDs are arranged in several distinct regions, which allow the system to autonomously control the direction of the illumination and take several images with varying light direction and intensities. These are then fused to create a single reflection-less HDR image.
No flickering or light variation
Works in real time to make on the fly adjustments based on changes to the exposure, the iris, etc.

Defect detection, without defect definition

The AI engine knows the characteristics of a good part and can deduct a defect part based on this. There is no need for any bad parts during learning.

No need for not OK (NOK) or defected samples or images
No need to create defect definition rules
Accurate identification of the smallest defects
High sensitivity to identify defects vs. permittable variations
Industrial grade inspection performance with very few good samples required
Picks small defects that would be missed by the human eye.
Identify defects on black surfaces.
Inspect deep and complex 3D shapes.
Easily inspect and makes decisions for complex sequence scenarios with multiple inspection points

Sophisticated AI based on intense research

Our super skilled research team has been working on meta-learning since 2015, when the academic world just started in 2019.
AMV-AI is a novel AI architecture and a unique formulation of neural networks utilising computer vision, deep learning and real-time software optimization technologies.