In brief

Agree the sample set, required decisions, configuration and production conditions before acceptance. Record missed defects among known defective samples and false rejects among known acceptable samples with their separate counts and denominators. List unresolved results and uninspected areas separately; an overall percentage can hide these limits.

For in-line inspection using visible surface-defect inspection, describe the realistic range and how changes in false-accept, false-reject and challenge criteria affect the result you need.

On the production floor

Turn your production information into clearer decisions — Visible Surface Defect Inspection

Plan visible surface defect inspection around representative good, bad and marginal samples, line presentation, lighting, reject handling and challenge criteria. Discuss an optical feasibility trial with Oxford Vision Systems. Use this guide to resolve false-accept, false-reject and challenge criteria before it limits the final system.

Discuss your application
What to record

False-Accept, False-Reject and Challenge Criteria: condition, range and effect on your process

Current condition

Identify the camera and lighting setup, presentation, recipe and relevant software or parameter revisions used for the test. Record which samples influenced setup adjustments and reserve separately classified examples for the final challenge.

Realistic range

Represent the agreed defect classes, marginal cases and permitted finishes or variants in the challenge set. Include the line presentation and ambient conditions within the intended scope, and list any combination that was not tested.

Effect on the system

If a sample leads to a threshold, recipe, lighting or presentation change, record the revision and repeat the affected challenge. Keep the original finding and the revised result distinct; repeated adjustment on the same examples is not an independent test.

Before you contact us

Five questions about false-accept, false-reject and challenge criteria for your application

  1. Who can confirm this information?Identify the person responsible for false-accept, false-reject and challenge criteria in production, quality, engineering or operations.
  2. How representative is the sample?Include age, supplier, batch, environment and upstream process state where they affect visible surface defect inspection.
  3. What is the difficult condition?Include the slow, reflective, flexible, dirty, damaged, marginal or uncommon case that your system must still handle.
  4. How will you judge the result?Agree the method, repetitions, acceptable range, result record and the response if the observed result falls outside the agreed range.
  5. What else must be coordinated?Your final visible surface defect inspection scope must also account for recipe, reject and line-control interfaces, false-accept, false-reject and challenge criteria, current regulations and the conditions at your site.
Connected details

Review false-accept, false-reject and challenge criteria as part of the complete system

Question 1

Visible Defect or Measurement Definition for Visible Surface-Defect Inspection

For Visible Surface Defect Inspection Challenge-test checklist, describe the current position, required outcome, acceptable limits and known exceptions for visible defect or measurement definition for visible surface-defect inspection. That lets us compare options against your real production rather than one nominal value.

Question 2

Good, Bad and Marginal Sample Range

For Visible Surface Defect Inspection Challenge-test checklist, describe the current position, required outcome, acceptable limits and known exceptions for good, bad and marginal sample range. That lets us compare options against your real production rather than one nominal value.

Question 3

Part Presentation and Production Speed

For Visible Surface Defect Inspection Challenge-test checklist, describe the current position, required outcome, acceptable limits and known exceptions for part presentation and production speed. That lets us compare options against your real production rather than one nominal value.

Question 4

Optics, Lighting and Environmental Conditions

For Visible Surface Defect Inspection Challenge-test checklist, describe the current position, required outcome, acceptable limits and known exceptions for optics, lighting and environmental conditions. That lets us compare options against your real production rather than one nominal value.

Question 5

Recipe, Reject and Line-Control Interfaces

Check the agreed result-to-part sequence as well as the image decision. Using the planned test method, record the action for rejected, uncertain and unavailable results, including interrupted cycles and recovery. Agree responsibilities and safe test arrangements before any site challenge.

Question 6

False-Accept, False-Reject and Challenge Criteria

Report the outcome by defect class and relevant acceptable-variation group, retaining sample identities and the criteria used. A zero-error result on a limited set does not establish performance on every future part. Keep the defect definitions and coverage limits with the accepted record.