Surface inspection device, surface inspection method, method of manufacturing steel material, method of managing quality of steel material, and manufacturing facility for steel material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12405224-B2
Application number	US-202117792212-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2021
Priority date	Jan 20, 2020
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

A surface inspection method includes: an irradiating step of emitting oblique illumination light onto an inspection target region of steel material using two or more oblique line light sources; an imaging step of receiving each of reflected light beams of the oblique illumination light from the respective oblique line light sources, the reflected light beams being from the inspection target region, and capturing images of the inspection target region, by one or more line sensors; and a detecting step of detecting a linear surface defect at the inspection target region using the images captured at the imaging step, wherein orthographic projections of at least two oblique illumination light beams, out of the oblique illumination light from the two or more oblique line light sources, onto a surface of the steel material are orthogonal to each other on the inspection target region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A surface inspection device comprising:
two or more oblique line light sources configured to emit oblique illumination light beams onto a same inspection target region of steel material;
one or more line sensors configured to receive each of reflected light beams of the oblique illumination light beams from the respective oblique line light sources, the reflected light beams being from the inspection target region for each oblique line light source, and to capture images; and
a detector configured to detect a linear surface defect at the inspection target region using the images captured by the one or more line sensors, wherein
orthographic projections of at least two oblique illumination light beams, out of the oblique illumination light beams from the two or more oblique line light sources, onto a surface of the steel material are orthogonal to each other on the inspection target region, and
the two or more oblique line light sources are configured to emit the oblique illumination light beams in a direction oblique to a transport direction of the steel material.

2. The surface inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one oblique line light source out of the two or more oblique line light sources is installed, within a field of view of the line sensors, on an upstream side in a transport direction or on a downstream side in the transport direction of the steel material with respect to the inspection target region.

3. A method of manufacturing steel material, the method comprising a step of manufacturing steel material while detecting linear surface defects of the steel material using the surface inspection device according to claim 2 .

4. A method of managing quality of steel material, the method comprising a step of managing quality of steel material by classifying steel material based on a presence or absence of linear surface defects using the surface inspection device according to claim 2 .

5. A manufacturing facility for steel material, comprising:
the surface inspection device according to claim 2 ; and
the manufacturing facility for steel material, wherein
the surface inspection device is configured to inspect a surface of steel material manufactured by the manufacturing facility for steel material.

6. The surface inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one oblique line light source out of the two or more oblique line light sources is installed, within a field of view of the line sensors, on an upstream side in a transport direction of the steel material with respect to the inspection target region, and
at least one oblique line light source out of the two or more oblique line light sources is installed, within the field of view of the line sensors, on a downstream side in the transport direction of the steel material with respect to the inspection target region.

7. A method of manufacturing steel material, the method comprising a step of manufacturing steel material while detecting linear surface defects of the steel material using the surface inspection device according to claim 3 .

8. A method of managing quality of steel material, the method comprising a step of managing quality of steel material by classifying steel material based on a presence or absence of linear surface defects using the surface inspection device according to claim 3 .

9. A manufacturing facility for steel material, comprising:
the surface inspection device according to claim 3 ; and
the manufacturing facility for steel material, wherein
the surface inspection device is configured to inspect a surface of steel material manufactured by the manufacturing facility for steel material.

10. A method of manufacturing steel material, the method comprising a step of manufacturing steel material while detecting linear surface defects of the steel material using the surface inspection device according to claim 1 .

11. A method of managing quality of steel material, the method comprising a step of managing quality of steel material by classifying steel material based on a presence or absence of linear surface defects using the surface inspection device according to claim 1 .

12. A manufacturing facility for steel material, comprising:
the surface inspection device according to claim 1 ; and
the manufacturing facility for steel material, wherein
the surface inspection device is configured to inspect a surface of steel material manufactured by the manufacturing facility for steel material.

13. The surface inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two oblique illumination light beams are emitted from different angles.

14. A surface inspection method comprising:
an irradiating step of emitting oblique illumination light beams onto a same inspection target region of steel material using two or more oblique line light sources;
an imaging step of receiving each of reflected light beams of the oblique illumination light beams from the respective oblique line light sources, the reflected light beams being from the inspection target region for each oblique line light source, and capturing images of the inspection target region, by one or more line sensors; and
a detecting step of detecting a linear surface defect at the inspection target region using the images captured at the imaging step, wherein
orthographic projections of at least two oblique illumination light beams, out of the oblique illumination light beams from the two or more oblique line light sources, onto a surface of the steel material are orthogonal to each other on the inspection target region, and
the two or more oblique line light sources are configured to emit the oblique illumination light beams in a direction oblique to a transport direction of the steel material.

Assignees

• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• Ono Hiroaki
• Tajiri Daisuke
• Yoshida Keisuke

Classifications

• G01N2021/8854

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• G01N21/8901 Primary

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• Y02P90/30

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• G01N21/8921

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• G01N2021/8918

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