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Measurement 44 (2011) 1669–1678 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Measurement journal homepage: /locate/measurement Computer vision algorithms for measurement and inspection of spur gears E.S. Gadelmawla 1 Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Qassim, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Precision measurement of gears plays a vital role in gear measurement and inspection. The Received 31 March 2010 current methods of gear measurement are either time consuming or expensive. In addition, Received in revised form 22 June 2011 no single measurement method is available and capable of accurately measuring all gear Accepted 28 June 2011 parameters while significantly reducing the measurement time. The aim of this paper is Available online 23 July 2011 to utilize the computer vision technology to develop a non-contact and rapid measurement system capable of measuring and inspecting most of spur gear parameters with an appro- Keywords: priate accuracy. A vision system has been established and used to capture images for gears Spur gears to be measured or inspected. A software (named GearVision) has been especially developed Computer vision Image processing in-house using Microsoft Visual C++ to analyze the captured images and to perform