@InProceedings{10.20532/ccvw.2016.0002, author = {Gospodneti{\' c}, Petra and Hirschenberger, Falco}, title = {Detection and Visibility Estimation of Surface Defects Under Various Illumination Angles Using Bidirectional Distribution Function and Local Binary Pattern}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Croatian Compter Vision Workshop, Year 4}, pages = {9-14}, year = 2016, editor = {Lon{\v c}ari{\' c}, Sven and Cupec, Robert}, address = {Osijek}, month = {October}, organization = {Center of Excellence for Computer Vision}, publisher = {University of Zagreb}, abstract = {In development of surface defect inspection systems surface illumination often plays a key role in defect detectability. Illumination setup is currently configured manually for each type of defect which should be detected. This paper presents the use of a local binary pattern operator together with bidirectional reflectance distribution function in order to detect various surface defects and evaluate their visibility. This method is useful for improving visual surface inspection system reliability and shortening the time required for a feasibility study. Reflectance of the sample material is acquired through a custom built image acquisition system, which uses a robot arm in order to automatically retrieve data under different illumination angles. By combining texture description with reflectance information, it is possible to localize defects without prior knowledge of their characteristics. Whereas defect visibility evaluation requires manual ground truth marking in order to produce realistic results.}, doi = {10.20532/ccvw.2016.0002}, url = {https://doi.org/10.20532/ccvw.2016.0002} }