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In the journey of computer vision system development, the acquisition and utilization of annotated images play a central role, providing information about object identity, spatial extent, and viewpoint in depicted scenes. However, thermal…

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This paper presents a challenging computer vision task, namely the detection of generic components on a PCB, and a novel set of deep-learning methods that are able to jointly leverage the appearance of individual components and the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-21 Chia-Wen Kuo , Jacob Ashmore , David Huggins , Zsolt Kira

Efficient quality control is inevitable in the manufacturing of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Because defective LED chips may be traced back to different causes, a time and cost-intensive electrical and optical contact measurement is…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-02 Maike Lorena Stern , Martin Schellenberger

The surface defect detection method based on visual perception has been widely used in industrial quality inspection. Because defect data are not easy to obtain and the annotation of a large number of defect data will waste a lot of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-14 Qifan Jin , Li Chen

Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) such as copper, manganese, gallium, and various rare earths have great importance for the electronic industry. To increase the concentration of individual CRMs and thus make their extraction from Waste Printed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Muhammad Mohsin , Stefano Rovetta , Francesco Masulli , Alberto Cabri

As the globalization of semiconductor design and manufacturing processes continues, the demand for defect detection during integrated circuit fabrication stages is becoming increasingly critical, playing a significant role in enhancing the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Qiyu Wei , Wei Zhao , Xiaoyan Zheng , Zeng Zeng

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are widely used in most electrical and electronic equipments or products. Hazardous substances such as Pb, Hg, Cd, etc, can be present in high concentrations in PCBs and the degradation and release of these…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-09-17 M. L. Fu , D. Irzhak , R. Fakhrtdinov , M. Grigoriev , B. S. Quan , Z. C. Le , D. Roshchupkin

The ubiquitous presence of printed circuit boards (PCBs) in modern electronic systems and embedded devices makes their integrity a top security concern. To take advantage of the economies of scale, today's PCB design and manufacturing are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-23 Huifeng Zhu , Haoqi Shan , Dean Sullivan , Xiaolong Guo , Yier Jin , Xuan Zhang

In modern electronic manufacturing, defect detection on Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) plays a critical role in ensuring product yield and maintaining the reliability of downstream assembly processes. However, existing methods often suffer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Jiangzhong Cao , Huanqi Wu , Xu Zhang , Lianghong Tan , Huan Zhang

Efficient automated print defect mapping is valuable to the printing industry since such defects directly influence customer-perceived printer quality and manually mapping them is cost-ineffective. Conventional methods consist of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-29 Augusto C. Valente , Cristina Wada , Deangela Neves , Deangeli Neves , Fábio V. M. Perez , Guilherme A. S. Megeto , Marcos H. Cascone , Otavio Gomes , Qian Lin

A growing need exists for efficient and accurate methods for detecting defects in semiconductor materials and devices. These defects can have a detrimental impact on the efficiency of the manufacturing process, because they cause critical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Thibault Lechien , Enrique Dehaerne , Bappaditya Dey , Victor Blanco , Sandip Halder , Stefan De Gendt , Wannes Meert

Manufacturing wafers is an intricate task involving thousands of steps. Defect Pattern Recognition (DPR) of wafer maps is crucial to find the root cause of the issue and further improving the yield in the wafer foundry. Mixed-type DPR is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-18 Nitish Shukla

As neural networks become able to generate realistic artificial images, they have the potential to improve movies, music, video games and make the internet an even more creative and inspiring place. Yet, the latest technology potentially…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-02 Moritz Wolter , Felix Blanke , Raoul Heese , Jochen Garcke

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assurance in the optical domain is a crucial field of study. Though there are many existing PCB assurance methods using image processing, computer vision (CV), and machine learning (ML), the PCB field is complex…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-18 Wenwei Zhao , Suprith Gurudu , Shayan Taheri , Shajib Ghosh , Mukhil Azhagan Mallaiyan Sathiaseelan , Navid Asadizanjani

Quality control is of vital importance during electronics production. As the methods of producing electronic circuits improve, there is an increasing chance of solder defects during assembling the printed circuit board (PCB). Many…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-26 Qianru Zhang , Meng Zhang , Chinthaka Gamanayake , Chau Yuen , Zehao Geng , Hirunima Jayasekara , Xuewen Zhang , Chia-wei Woo , Jenny Low , Xiang Liu

This work is addressing the problem of defect anomaly detection based on a clean reference image. Specifically, we focus on SEM semiconductor defects in addition to several natural image anomalies. There are well-known methods to create a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-22 Nati Ofir , Yotam Ben Shoshan , Ran Badanes , Boris Sherman

Uninterruptible power supply is the main motive of power utility companies that motivate them for identifying and locating the different types of faults as quickly as possible to protect the power system prevent complete power black outs…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-09-29 P. K. Ray , B. K. Panigrahi , P. K. Rout , A. Mohanty , H. Dubey

The design of Systems on Chips (SoCs) is becoming more and more complex due to technological advancements. Missed bugs can cause drastic failures in safety-critical environments leading to the endangerment of lives. To overcome these…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-25 Bryan Olmos , Daniel Gerl , Aman Kumar , Djones Lettnin

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) schematic design plays an essential role in all areas of electronic industries. Unlike prior works that focus on digital or analog circuits alone, PCB design must handle heterogeneous digital, analog, and power…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Huanghaohe Zou , Peng Han , Emad Nazerian , Alex Q. Huang

Automatic defect detection for 3D printing processes, which shares many characteristics with change detection problems, is a vital step for quality control of 3D printed products. However, there are some critical challenges in the current…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-04 Yushuo Niu , Ethan Chadwick , Anson W. K. Ma , Qian Yang