Method and apparatus for the determination of defects during a surface modification method

An apparatus for determining defects that occur during a surface modification method of a surface region of a component, the apparatus comprising:

• a data processor configured to:
• assign a plurality of individual images of an image sequence of a surface region to be assessed to at least two image classes, each individual image showing an image detail of the surface region and the image details of the individual images overlapping at least partially, and at least one image class among the at least two image classes is indicative of a defective image class;
• check whether a set of individual images of a predeterminable number of directly consecutive individual images among the plurality of individual images of the image sequence have been assigned to the defective image class;
• and
• output a defect signal in response to the set of individual images of the predeterminable number of directly consecutive individual images being assigned to the defective image class.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program for determining defects that occur during a surface modification method of a surface region of a component, the computer program including instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

• assign a plurality of individual images of an image sequence of a surface region to be assessed to at least two image classes, wherein each individual image among the plurality of individual images shows an image detail of the surface region and the image details of the individual images overlap at least partially and at least one image class among the at least two image classes is indicative of a defective image class;
• check whether a set of individual images of a predeterminable number of directly consecutive individual images in the image sequence have been assigned to the defective image class;
• and
• outputting a defect signal when the set of individual images of the predeterminable number of directly consecutive individual images have been assigned to the defective image class.