An optical foreign substance detection device using light scattering and image analysis to detect and analyze a foreign substance included in a target object, the optical foreign substance detection device comprising:
- an optical housing;
- a light irradiation unit that is connected to a lower portion of the optical housing, and has a plurality of light sources arranged to irradiate light toward the target object below, wherein the light sources irradiate light with a predetermined light amount so that light scattering is generated by a foreign substance;
- an optical unit that is built into an upper portion of the optical housing, and captures the target object so that the foreign substance included in the target object is detected by using light scattering of the foreign substance by the light irradiated from the light source and creates an image;
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- a user device that receives, stores, reproduces, and analyzes the image created from the optical unit,
- wherein the user device calculates a light-scattered standard particle amplification length value by light irradiation according to a standard particle length value for multiple standard particles having a correlation in which a light scattering amplification ratio of the standard particle decreases as the standard particle length value increases, creates a graph regarding a correlation between the standard particle length value and the standard particle amplification length value, stores the graph as a comparison criterion for a foreign substance length value, calculates a light-scattered foreign substance amplification length value for the foreign substance detected from the image of the target object captured by the optical unit, derives a standard particle length value corresponding to the same standard particle amplification length value as the foreign substance amplification length value from the comparison criterion to determines the standard particle length value as the foreign substance length value, confirms a size, shape, and area of the foreign substance from the foreign substance length value, and confirms a color of the foreign substance from the light-scattered foreign substance,
- the user device includes:
- a standard particle amplification length value calculation unit that calculates the light-scattered standard particle amplification length value according to each standard particle length value from an image light-scattered by the standard particles and captured by the optical unit by irradiating light with a predetermined light amount by the plurality of light sources to multiple standard particles having a correlation in which the light scattering amplification ratio of the standard particles decreases as the standard particle length value increases,
- a foreign substance length value comparison criterion storage unit that creates a graph regarding the correlation between the standard particle length value and the standard particle amplification length value and stores the graph as a comparison criterion for the foreign substance length value,
- a foreign substance detection unit that detects the light-scattered foreign substance from the image of the target object captured by the optical unit,
- a foreign substance amplification length value calculation unit that calculates the light-scattered foreign substance amplification length value of the foreign substance detected by the foreign substance detection unit,
- a foreign substance length value determination unit that derives a standard particle length value corresponding to the standard particle amplification length value that is the same as the foreign substance amplification length value from the foreign substance length value comparison criterion storage unit and determines the derived standard particle length value as the foreign substance length value,
- a foreign substance analysis unit that analyzes the size and shape of the foreign substance from the foreign substance length value determined by the foreign substance length value determination unit and calculates the area of the foreign substance,
- a determination unit that determines whether or not the target object is contaminated from information analyzed by the foreign substance analysis unit,
- a light scattering standard particle RGB value extraction unit that irradiates light to the standard particles by color in advance at a predetermined light amount by the plurality of light sources and extracts a light scattering standard particle RGB value from the image light-scattered by the standard particle and captured by the optical unit,
- a foreign substance color comparison criterion storage unit that matches a range of the light scattering standard particle RGB values with the color of the standard particles to store as a comparison criterion for the foreign substance color,
- a light scattering foreign substance RGB value extraction unit that extracts the light scattering foreign substance RGB values from the light-scattered image of the foreign substance detected by the foreign substance detection unit, and
- a foreign substance color determination unit that searches for a range of the light scattering standard particle RGB value including the light scattering foreign substance RGB value, derives a standard particle color matching the range of the searched light scattering standard particle RGB value from the foreign substance color comparison criterion storage unit, and determines the derived standard particle color as a foreign substance color, and
- the foreign substance amplification length value calculation unit calculates the foreign substance amplification length values of a major axis and a minor axis, respectively, and the foreign substance length value determination unit derives the foreign substance length values of the major axis and minor axis.