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Deploying Optical Character Recognition to Improve Material Handling and Processing

Authors : Mohammad Shahin, Ali Hosseinzadeh, F. Frank Chen, Marvin Davis, Rasoul Rashidifar, Awni Shahin

Published in: Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: Establishing Bridges for More Sustainable Manufacturing Systems

Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland

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Abstract

This paper assesses the supporting function of a Machine-based Identification system (MBID) via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in a Lean manufacturing paradigm. The objective of this paper is to also explore the use of MBID to enable a competitive manufacturing process in a Lean 4.0 environment. Furthermore, a MBID via OCR model is proposed to extract the printed identification number of packages from images captured by a fixed camera in an industrial environment. The method considers different digital image processing techniques to deal with the significant lighting and printing variation observed, followed by a segmentation process that extracts and aligns the characters. Experiments were carried out on a data set consisting of 200 images and achieved an overall detection accuracy of 95% with a very low Character Error Rate (CER) value of 0.0041, clearly supporting the validity and effectiveness of the proposed method.

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Title: Deploying Optical Character Recognition to Improve Material Handling and Processing
Authors: Mohammad Shahin
Ali Hosseinzadeh
F. Frank Chen
Marvin Davis
Rasoul Rashidifar
Awni Shahin
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Book: Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: Establishing Bridges for More Sustainable Manufacturing Systems
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-38164-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-38165-2

Copyright Year: 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38165-2_60