An Automated Intelligent Fault Detection System for Inspection of Sewer Pipes

Abstract

Automation is an important issue in industry, particularly in inspection of underground facilities. This paper describes an intelligent system for automatically detecting faulty areas in a sewer pipe system based on images. The proposed system can detect various types of faults and be implemented in a real time system. The present paper describes system architecture and focuses on two modules of image preprocessing and detection of faulty areas. The proposed approach demonstrates high performance in detection and reduction of time and cost.