Log and cant optimization

A non-transitory computer-readable medium programmed with instructions that are operable, upon execution by a processor of a computer, to cause the computer to:

• receive, from one or more vision sensors, one or more images of a surface of a first cant, wherein the first cant is formed by cutting a log longitudinally according to a cut solution to form one or more flat faces, and wherein said surface is a surface of at least one of the one or more flat faces;
• detect a defect in the first cant based at least on the one or more images;
• determine or modify the cut solution based at least in part on the detected defect;
• and
• cause one or more cutting devices to cut the first cant into a center cant and/or one or more secondary workpieces according to the determined or modified cut solution.

A system for cutting a log, the system comprising:

• a first cutting device positioned along a feed axis and operable to cut the log longitudinally, according to a cut solution, to thereby form a first cant with at least one flat face;
• a vision sensor positioned to capture one or more images of the flat face in a scan zone downstream of the first cutting device;
• a second cutting device positioned downstream of the scan zone;
• and
• a computer system programmed with instructions operable, upon execution by one or more processors of the computer system, to cause the computer system to:
• detect a defect based at least in part on the one or more images;
• determine or modify at least a first portion of the cut solution based at least in part on the detected defect;
• and
• cause the second cutting device to cut the first cant into a center cant and/or one or more secondary workpieces according to the determined or modified cut solution.