A survey on industrial vision systems, applications and toolsA survey on industrial vision systems, applications and tools Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2015-10-232003enThe state of the art in machine vision inspection and a critical overview of real-world applications are presented in this paper. Two independent ways to classify applications are proposed, one according to the inspected features of the industrial product or process and the other according to the inspection independent characteristics of the inspected product or process. The most contemporary software and hardware tools for developing industrial vision systems are reviewed. Finally, under the light of recent advances in image sensors, software and hardware technology, important issues and directions for designing and developing industrial vision systems are identified and discussed.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Image and vision computing221171–188 Zervakis Michalis Ζερβακης Μιχαλης Laurent Petit Jean-Didier Legat Petrakis Evripidis Πετρακης Ευριπιδης Elsevier