Camera Laser-based Inspection Profiler (CLIP): Prototyping and Commercialisation

建议项目旨在发展一套低成本及方便使用的系统，以进行废物及水管的无损检查。该项目的成果将填补目前使用的管道检测技术的空白。预计该项目将大大提高下水道和水管的检查质量，并提供管道内部的图像流。这种改进的管网视图将为水务公司和承包商节省大量费用。利用所提出的智能处理技术的分类能力，强调图像中管道缺陷的位置和特征，并将缺陷与未损坏的管道部分区分开来，从而帮助检查人员进行决策。测量性能的提高将提高修复质量，从而节省管道修复费用。该项目的一个重要目标是实现客户对新检测系统的可接受性，并启动商业化进程。

The proposed project aims to develop a low-cost and user-friendly system for the non-destructive inspection of waste and water pipes. The project's outcome will fill a gap in the currently employed pipe inspection technology. It is expected that the project will significantly improve the quality of sewer and water pipe inspection providing a stream of images depicting the inside of pipes. Such an improved view of pipe networks will result in great savings for water utilities and contractors. The classification capability of the proposed intelligent processing techniques will be exploited in order to emphasise the location and characteristics of pipe defects in the images and to delimit the defects from undamaged pipe sections, thereby aiding the inspection personnel in their decision making process. The increased measuring performance will lead to an improved repair quality and, thus, to savings in pipe restoration. An important objective of this project is to achieve customer acceptability for the new inspection system and to initiate the commercialisation process.