Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to Machine Vision.- 1.1 Human, Computer and Machine Vision.- 1.2 Vision System Hardware.- 1.3 Vision System Software.- 1.4 Machine Vision System Design.- 1.5 NeatVision: Where Java meets Machine Vision.- 2. Java Fundamentals.- 2.1 The History of Java.- 2.2 Object-oriented Programming.- 2.3 Java Language Basics.- 2.4 Applications and Applets.- 2.5 Java and Image Processing.- 2.6 Additional Classes.- 2.7 Double Buffering.- 2.8 Recent Additions to Java for Imaging.- 2.9 Additional Information on Java.- 2.10 Conclusion.- 3. Machine Vision Techniques.- 3.1 Elementary Image Processing Functions.- 3.2 Local Operators.- 3.3 Binary Images.- 3.4 Global Image Transforms.- 3.5 Conclusion.- 4. Mathematical Morphology.- 4.1 Binary Mathematical Morphology.- 4.2 Grey Scale Mathematical Morphology.- 4.3 Morphological Reconstruction.- 4.4 Morphological Segmentation.- 4.5 Case Study: Geometric Packing.- 4.6 Morphological System Implementation.- 4.7 Conclusion.- 5. Texture Analysis.- 5.1 Texture and Images.- 5.2 Edge Density.- 5.3 Monte-Carlo Method.- 5.4 Auto-Correlation Function (ACF).- 5.5 Fourier Spectral Analysis.- 5.6 Histogram Features.- 5.7 Grey Level Run Length Method (GLRLM).- 5.8 Grey Level Difference Method (GLDM).- 5.9 Co-occurrence Analysis.- 5.10 Morphological Texture Analysis.- 5.11 Fractal Analysis.- 5.12 Textural Energy.- 5.13 Texture Spectrum Method.- 5.14 Local Binary Patterns (LBP).- 5.15 Random Field Models.- 5.16 Spatial/Frequency Methods.- 5.17 Autoregressive Model.- 5.18 Structural Approaches to Texture Analysis.- 5.19 Conclusion.- 6. Colour Image Analysis.- 6.1 Colour Cameras.- 6.2 Red-Green-Blue (RGB) Colour Representation.- 6.3 Hue-Saturation-Intensity (HSI) Colour Representation.- 6.4 Opponent Process Representation.- 6.5 YIQ Colour Representation.- 6.6 YUV Colour Representation.- 6.7 CIE Chromaticity Diagram.- 6.8 CIEXYZ Colour Representation.- 6.9 CIELUV Colour Representation.- 6.10 CIELAB Colour Representation.- 6.11 Spatial CIELAB Colour Representation.- 6.12 Programmable Colour Filter (PCF).- 6.13 Conclusion.- 7. NeatVision: Visual Programming for Machine Vision.- 7.1 Visual Programming in Neat Vision.- 7.2 Java Programming in NeatVision.- 7.3 The Neat Vision Application.- 7.4 Sample Applications.- 7.5 Conclusion.- A. NeatVision Graphic File Formats.- B. NeatVision Imaging API Specification.- C. NeatVision Components.- References.

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