Image-based acceptance learning device, image-based acceptance determination device, and image reading device

A system comprising:

• an image-based acceptance learning device including:
• a surface image receiver to receive an inputted two-dimensional data including image data of a surface of a planar object having at least one of a three-dimensional shape or a color on the surface;
• a determination information receiver to receive an inputted determination information indicating a result of a determination as to whether the planar object corresponding to the two-dimensional data is acceptable or defective;
• and
• learning circuitry to learn, based on the inputted two-dimensional data and the inputted determination information a relevant area including the at least one of the three-dimensional shape or the color on the surface in the two-dimensional data, the relevant area being a two-dimensional area of the surface of the planar object that is a basis for the determination as to whether the planar object corresponding to the two-dimensional data is acceptable or defective, and
• an image-based acceptance determination device to use a learning result from the image-based acceptance learning device and including:
• a new-surface-image receiver to receive an inputted new two-dimensional data obtained by newly reading the planar object;
• and
• image-based acceptance determining circuitry to determine whether the planar object corresponding to the new two-dimensional data is acceptable or defective based on the leaning result, wherein
• the image-based acceptance determining extracts a basis area in the new two-dimensional data corresponding to the relevant area learned by the learning circuitry, the basis area being a basis for the determination,
• the inputted two-dimensional data includes an array of pieces of linear one-dimensional data, and
• the learning circuitry learns a portion including the relevant area for each piece of the linear one-dimensional data.

An image-based acceptance determination device to use a learning result from an image-based acceptance learning device that learns based upon a result of a determination as to whether a planar object is acceptable or defective based on image data of a surface of the planar object having at least one of a three-dimensional shape or a color on the surface, wherein

• the image-based acceptance learning device comprises:
• a surface image receiver to receive an inputted two-dimensional data being including the image data of the surface of the planar object,
• a determination information receiver to receive an inputted determination information indicating the result of the determination as to whether the planar object corresponding to the two-dimensional data is acceptable or defective, and
• learning circuitry to learn, based on the inputted two-dimensional data and the inputted determination information, a relevant area including the at least one of the three-dimensional shape or the color on the surface in the two-dimensional data, the relevant area being a two-dimensional area of the surface of the planar object that is a basis for the determination as to whether the planar object corresponding to the two-dimensional data is acceptable or defective,
• the inputted two-dimensional data includes an array of pieces of linear one-dimensional data acquired by a one-dimensional line sensor sequentially in a sub-scanning direction crossing a main scanning direction,
• the one-dimensional line sensor reads a read target in the main scanning direction,
• the image-based acceptance determination device comprises:
• a new-surface-image receiver to receive an inputted new one-dimensional data obtained by newly reading the planar object, and
• image-based acceptance determining circuitry to determine whether the planar object corresponding to the new one-dimensional data is acceptable or defective based on the learning result from the learning circuitry,
• the new-surface-image receiver receives the new one-dimensional data acquired by the one-dimensional line sensor sequentially in the sub-scanning direction, and
• the image-based acceptance determining circuitry determines whether the planar object corresponding to the new one-dimensional data is acceptable or defective for each piece of new one-dimensional data.