Review Article

Development of Inspection Robots for Bridge Cables

Table 3

Parameters used in the image-processing tests.

ParametersType IType IIType III

Structuring element shapeLineLineLine
Structuring element size5 (pixels)10 (pixels)5 (pixels)
Structuring element orientation[0° 45° 90° 135°][0° 45° 90° 135°][0° 45° 90° 135°]
Binary thresholdOtsu’s filter
Crack connection (pixel)202020
Length threshold before connection (pixel)4070
Length threshold after connection (pixel)6070
Area threshold before connection (pixel)3010010
Area threshold after connection (pixel)40100
Eccentricity threshold (pixel)0.958