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title: "How to inspect footwear with computer vision"
description: "Cameras at the end of the line or at packing look at each shoe or boot and flag glue marks, gaps between the sole and the upper, crooked or loose stitching, scuffs, color mismatches and pairs that do not match for a person to check. Each flag is saved with a photo and the style, size and batch, so repeat problems point back to a station or a material lot. A quality lead decides every pass or rework, and the usual wear tests and label checks stay in place."
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# How can a shoe or boot maker use computer vision to inspect finished footwear?
Cameras at the end of the line or at packing look at each shoe or boot and flag glue marks, gaps between the sole and the upper, crooked or loose stitching, scuffs, color mismatches and pairs that do not match for a person to check. Each flag is saved with a photo and the style, size and batch, so repeat problems point back to a station or a material lot. A quality lead decides every pass or rework, and the usual wear tests and label checks stay in place.
## What this means in practice
- Fixed cameras and even lighting at the end of the line or the packing table take pictures of each shoe or boot from the sides, toe, heel and sole.
- The model is trained on the clients own styles and materials. It flags extra glue, gaps where the sole meets the upper, crooked, skipped or loose stitching, scuffs and wrinkles, color differences, and a left and right that do not match in size or color.
- Each flag is saved with a photo, the style, size, color and batch, and the line, so the team can see if one station, mold or material lot keeps causing the same problem.
- A quality lead checks every flagged pair and decides whether it ships, gets fixed or is pulled. The cameras point at the product, not at workers, and any people caught in view are blurred.
- Start with one line and one style, compare the camera flags with what the inspectors find for a few weeks, and keep the existing wear tests, material tests and label checks in place.
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