Guidelines of Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) System Development

Automated optical inspection (AOI) system is popularly used in the manufacturing industry. It can be used for accurate and precise inspection and measurement beyond human inspector. However, the development of an AOI system is unlike the general system. There are some specific steps or considerations simply only for the development of AOI system. In order to design the development process of AOI system systematically, a series of guidelines are proposed in this paper based on the practical experience. Many important issues are listed and discussed. Some practical examples are used to illustrate the importance of guidelines. The guidelines are also mapping to the traditional waterfall model for better understanding. They are expected to be helpful to increase the efficiency of AOI system development.