Samsung patents AI method to spot defects by checking nearby points
Samsung describes a computer method that uses AI to find flaws in objects by analyzing small sections of the item. The system looks at a specific point and its neighbors to decide if a defect exists, rather than just looking at the point in isolation.
In the filing’s own words
A processor-implemented method including identifying respective first scores related to a defectiveness degree of a plurality of points of a target object; generating a second score indicating a defectiveness degree of a first point of the plurality of points by using a first artificial intelligence (AI) model to classify whether a defect is present based on the respective first scores corresponding to one or more second points of the plurality of points, the one or more second points being within in a predetermined distance of the first point, and a segmented image of the first point; and determining a presence of a defect in the target object based on respective second scores corresponding to the plurality of points.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A processor-implemented method, the method comprising: identifying respective first scores related to a defectiveness degree of a plurality of points of a target object; generating a second score indicating a defectiveness degree of a first point of the plurality of points by using a first artificial intelligence (AI) model to classify whether a defect is present based on the respective first scores corresponding to one or more second points of the plurality of points, the one or more second points being within in a predetermined distance of the first point, and a segmented image of the first point; and determining a presence of a defect in the target object based on respective second scores corresponding to the plurality of points.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- METHOD AND DEVICE WITH DEFECT DETECTION
- Publication number
- US20260319872A1
- Application number
- 19464856
- Filed
- Jan 30, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 11/0754 Physics & computingG06F 11/0715 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AI & software
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