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title: "How to automate visual inspection with computer vision"
description: "Start with one inspection point and a written list of the defects that matter, with example photos of each, including borderline cases. Keep lighting and camera position consistent, and collect images from normal production or field work rather than staged shots. The model flags likely defects with the image attached, inspectors confirm or reject each flag, and those decisions are used to improve the model. Inspectors keep the final call until the results have been checked over a long enough period."
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# How can a business use computer vision to spot defects or damage without replacing its inspectors?
Start with one inspection point and a written list of the defects that matter, with example photos of each, including borderline cases. Keep lighting and camera position consistent, and collect images from normal production or field work rather than staged shots. The model flags likely defects with the image attached, inspectors confirm or reject each flag, and those decisions are used to improve the model. Inspectors keep the final call until the results have been checked over a long enough period.
## What this means in practice
- Start with one inspection point and a written defect list.
- Collect real images, including borderline cases.
- Keep lighting and camera position consistent.
- Have inspectors confirm or reject every flag.
- Use inspector decisions to improve the model over time.
## How Lid Vizion approaches it
We start with the business decision and operating context, define ownership and measurable milestones, then use configuration, integrations, automation, or custom software only where each earns its place.
## See it as a workflow
- [Visual quality inspection](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/visual-quality-inspection/): Check parts or products from camera images for visible defects or missing components, and send uncertain cases to an inspector instead of guessing.
## More on Computer vision
- [How should a company run a computer vision proof of concept?](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/how-to-run-a-computer-vision-proof-of-concept/)
- [Can computer vision monitor a workplace without identifying people?](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/can-computer-vision-work-without-identifying-people/)
- [What can computer vision do for a business?](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/what-can-computer-vision-do-for-a-business/)
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