Our example images keep turning shiny patches into defects

SarahBaker0502 · 9 Aug 2026, 01:57 UTC

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SarahBaker0502
We're planning presenting reflective components for surface inspection, with Universal Robots UR5e presenting a bright-finished enclosure faceplate to a fixed camera in a small finished-parts production cell. Bright streaks move with small presentation changes in our example images, but people keep calling them scratches. We haven't commissioned the cell. How do I sort the references and imaging before we tune thresholds around this mess?

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FionaBrooks0847
Replying to SarahBaker0502

Check whether the suspected scratches were confirmed on physical samples under the agreed appearance procedure. Link each image to its sample identity and inspection result first.

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SarahBaker0502
Replying to FionaBrooks0847

Some labels came from the pictures alone. We still have the samples, but those labels aren't tied to physical inspection results. That's irritatingly circular.

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FionaBrooks0847
Replying to SarahBaker0502

Mark those labels uncertain and have the samples inspected properly. Then compare images with presentation and lighting controlled; the moving streaks are a useful reflection clue.

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GabrielChen1149
Replying to FionaBrooks0847

A scratch's visibility can change with presentation too. Don't let 'moving streak' quietly become the rule for relabelling something acceptable.

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