EP4646692A1 - Vorrichtung und system zur bereitstellung einer optischen echtzeitinformation bezüglich eines prozesses mittels eines optischen neuronalen netzes, sowie verfahren zur bereitstellung der vorrichtung - Google Patents
Vorrichtung und system zur bereitstellung einer optischen echtzeitinformation bezüglich eines prozesses mittels eines optischen neuronalen netzes, sowie verfahren zur bereitstellung der vorrichtungInfo
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- Device and system for providing optical real-time information regarding a process by means of an optical neural network and method for providing the device
- Embodiments according to the present invention relate to devices and systems for providing optical real-time information regarding a process by means of an optical neural network, as well as methods for providing such devices.
- Embodiments further include optical process monitoring with diffractive neural networks, optical process monitoring with diffractive deep neural networks and/or optical image processing with diffractive deep neural networks.
- the present invention is therefore based on the object of providing a concept for process monitoring which enables an improved compromise between the complexity of required components, energy consumption and the quality of process monitoring.
- Embodiments according to the present invention comprise an optical device for providing optical real-time information regarding a process, wherein the optical device is configured to detect an optical input signal emitted and/or reflected from the process, and wherein the optical device comprises an optical neural network configured to provide the optical real-time information regarding the process based on the optical input signal.
- Embodiments are based on the idea of carrying out a process evaluation using an optical neural network.
- the optical neural network can be a diffractive neural network, for example.
- a diffractive neural network can, for example, have a sequence of several diffractive elements that are designed to modulate radiation, for example the optical input signal or an optical signal derived therefrom, in phase and amplitude.
- the inventors have recognized that a process evaluation can take place in real time using an optical neural network, so that the device can provide real-time information about the process.
- Real-time information means, for example, information whose generation from capture to provision is carried out at the speed of light, i.e.
- Real-time information can therefore be, for example, information whose provision or processing is only limited by the speed of light.
- a corresponding process evaluation can thus be carried out completely optically using the optical neural network, for example, so that no energy needs to be provided for electronic evaluation.
- only a particularly computationally intensive part of the evaluation can be carried out optically.
- any part of the evaluation can also be carried out optically. In all cases, energy can be saved compared to electronic evaluation, so that mobile process monitoring can also be made possible, for example.
- a high level of mobility may under certain circumstances or even normally be less relevant, but embodiments may have the advantage that they can be designed to be very compact, i.e., for example, with a small volume, and/or can enable a compact, e.g. spatially small, design of such a production machine.
- no (large, i.e., for example, powerful) high-performance computer is required on the machine or access to cloud computing with the corresponding infrastructure is required.
- the optical input signal can be, for example, a signal emitted and/or reflected by the process. This means that an evaluation can take place based solely on the light generated by the process itself. Alternatively, light generated independently of the process, e.g. ambient light or light from a specially designed light source, can be reflected by the process, e.g. a workpiece that is being measured or processed, and serve as an input signal.
- the process can therefore be, for example, a machining and/or measurement of a workpiece (e.g. a material processing process of the workpiece and/or a measuring process on the workpiece using a laser), in which a signal emitted by the workpiece or reflected by the workpiece is used as an optical input signal.
- the optical device can be designed, for example, to use such radiation emitted or reflected from the workpiece directly, i.e., for example, without further electronic recording or processing.
- the input signal can be provided, for example, with process light (e.g. thermal radiation), with ambient light and/or with special external lighting (e.g. coherent lighting and/or structured lighting).
- process light e.g. thermal radiation
- ambient light e.g. ambient light
- special external lighting e.g. coherent lighting and/or structured lighting
- Embodiments can be used, for example, for general process monitoring or measurement technology (e.g. water jet cutting, tape laying with IR irradiation, ...) and in particular for process monitoring or measurement technology in laser-based processes (e.g. laser beam welding, drilling, additive manufacturing, LIBS, laser triangulation).
- process monitoring or measurement technology e.g. water jet cutting, tape laying with IR irradiation, .
- laser-based processes e.g. laser beam welding, drilling, additive manufacturing, LIBS, laser triangulation.
- one inventive idea is to use optical neural networks for process monitoring, for example in the above-mentioned application areas.
- a diffractive neural network (DNN, or generally an optical neural network) can be used to evaluate the light coming from the process zone (i.e. emitted and/or reflected light) directly in the processing optics and thus output an intensity pattern (e.g. instead of or in addition to 2D image data) in which the results of the evaluation or new control and/or regulation signals can be encoded.
- DNN diffractive neural network
- embodiments offer the advantage that data processing takes place at the speed of light. This is based on the inventors' finding that the duration of the image processing, derivation of the quality characteristics and the new control signals is crucial for the speed of the control.
- the optical device is further configured to capture the optical input signal directly from the process in order to detect the optical input signal which is emitted and/or reflected by the process.
- the device can be integrated directly into elements close to the process, e.g. in contrast to an "external" evaluation of an electronically captured image on a computer remote from the process.
- the optical device or parts of the optical device, such as the optical neural network can be integrated into the processing optics of a corresponding process.
- the input signal can therefore be obtained directly from the process, for example, without being transmitted via a waveguide.
- the optical device can be designed to be arranged in the same fluid in which the process is carried out in order to capture the optical input signal directly from the fluid.
- an optical device can manage with a small installation space requirement and can thus be integrated into process-necessary (in other words, already existing) elements. This saves space on the one hand and prevents or reduces the influence of possible sources of error due to signal transmission (e.g. signal losses in electrical lines, electromagnetic interference on lines).
- the optical device further comprises an optical device configured to receive the optical input signal and to provide the optical neural network, based on the input signal, with an optical signal for determining the real-time information.
- the optical device may comprise at least one of a lens, a beam splitter, a mirror, a wavelength filter, and/or an aperture.
- the inventors have recognized that the optical input signal for the optical neural network can be processed using an optical device, for example to enable an improved classification result. Furthermore, the use of optical elements enables a degree of freedom in the integration of the optical device, since the optical input signal can be directed to an advantageous installation location of the optical device (for example by means of mirrors).
- the process comprises beam shaping of a process beam by means of processing optics and the optical device is designed to receive the optical input signal via the processing optics and/or via individual optical sub-elements of the processing optics.
- Procedures according to the invention are not limited to specific processes and corresponding process beams.
- the process beam can be, for example, a laser beam or an electron beam (e-beam).
- the processing optics can, for example, comprise any combination of optical elements, for example one or more optical mirrors, lenses and/or prisms.
- processing optics or parts thereof can also act as an optical device or can be used as such.
- the inventors have recognized that a processing optics or individual optical sub-elements of such optics can be used jointly by both the process and for process monitoring. This means that components and installation space can be saved.
- the optical device has a beam splitter, wherein the beam splitter is designed to receive the optical input signal via the processing optics and/or via individual optical sub-elements of the processing optics. Furthermore, the optical device is designed to separate the optical input signal from the process beam by means of the beam splitter and to provide the optical input signal to the optical neural network by means of the beam splitter. Separating the beams can, for example, include forwarding them in different directions.
- a corresponding processing optics can thus, for example, shape the process beam and direct it to a workpiece, whereby the radiation emitted and/or reflected by the workpiece can be directed as an optical input signal through the same processing optics (or at least the same parts thereof), whereby a beam path can be adapted by means of the beam splitter so that the optical input signal is provided to the optical neural network and is not directed, for example, into an area in which the process beam is generated.
- the sensor system i.e. a device according to the invention
- the processing head which at the same time influencing the processing laser.
- both beams the process beam, e.g. a processing laser beam
- the optical input signal e.g. a measuring beam from the process zone
- both parts can thus mesh with one another. This enables efficient component integration.
- the optical neural network comprises at least one of a diffractive optical element, a spatial light modulator and/or a meta-optics.
- a configuration for an optical device according to the invention and/or the optical neural network can comprise a free combination of at least two diffractive optical elements (DOEs) and/or spatial light modulators (SLMs) (or 1 each or, for example, only one or the other, or only several DOEs or only several SLMs), classic optical components (e.g. lenses, mirrors, apertures, wavelength filters, etc.) and/or classic (computer-based) AI methods (->ONN replaces, for example, some computationally intensive levels).
- DOEs diffractive optical elements
- SLMs spatial light modulators
- the process is a controlled and/or regulated process and the optical neural network is configured to determine a control signal and/or a regulation signal based on the optical input signal and to encode the control signal and/or the regulation signal in the optical real-time information.
- control and/or regulation information can be provided in real time.
- control and/or regulation can be enabled for very fast processes, for example with high requirements for settling times.
- Such regulation can be carried out completely analogue, for example based on detection of the coded information without AD conversion.
- an amplitude or phase of the detection signal can be used directly for regulation and/or regulation.
- the optical neural network is configured to determine a process parameter based on the optical input signal and to encode the process parameter in the optical real-time information.
- a process parameter is, for example, a size relevant to the process.
- a process parameter can, for example, describe the quality of a machined workpiece.
- a measurement result using a process beam can also form a process parameter.
- a laser can provide the process beam, which is reflected from a surface so that the reflected signal forms the optical input signal.
- the process parameter can, for example, include information about a height measurement value.
- embodiments do not have to be controlled or regulated in all cases.
- embodiments include and/or address applications in particular in which quality characteristics (as an example of process parameters) are, for example, "only" monitored. This can be, for example, the formation of spatter or defects in a weld seam. Accordingly, information in this regard can be encoded in the optical real-time information.
- the optical device is configured to modify a phase and/or amplitude of the optical input signal to provide the real-time optical information in the form of a light spot, a line beam, and/or a two-dimensional light array.
- a scalar value can be displayed as a process parameter or regulation and/or control information through a center of gravity of the line (e.g. in the interval [0, 1], so that a center of gravity on one side of the line corresponds to a 0 and on the opposite side to a 1, with corresponding intermediate values).
- a center of gravity of the line e.g. in the interval [0, 1], so that a center of gravity on one side of the line corresponds to a 0 and on the opposite side to a 1, with corresponding intermediate values.
- information can be displayed in two dimensions; coding can be done using patterns or centers of gravity, for example.
- an optical input signal for example in the form of an input light field, can also have exactly one phase and amplitude, so that the device can be designed to modify the phase and/or amplitude of the optical input signal.
- embodiments can also address or process input signals which have partial coherence due to several superimposed fields with different phases.
- the optical neural network has at least one static optical element and at least one adjustable optical element, and the adjustable optical element is designed to change the processing of the optical input signal in the optical neural network.
- transfer learning methods can be used, for example, whereby the static elements are generated according to a generic pre-training, for example, and the dynamic elements are adapted to the specific application in terms of a second training session. Furthermore, adjustments can also be made during the service life of the device.
- the optical device further comprises an optical filter configured to wavelength-selectively filter the optical input signal to provide a filtered optical input signal to the optical neural network.
- the optical device further comprises a light source, wherein the light source is designed to illuminate the process in order to generate the optical input signal which is emitted and/or reflected by the process.
- a light source can, for example, also be integrated coaxially into process elements.
- the optical neural network is configured to process light having a specific optical property and the light source is configured to provide the light having the specific optical property.
- the light source and the optical neural network can be coordinated with each other.
- the optical property can, for example, form a certain wavelength. This can improve the accuracy and/or efficiency of the neural network.
- the optical device comprises a beam splitter, the beam splitter or a further beam splitter, and the optical device is designed to separate the light of the light source from the optical input signal by means of the beam splitter or the further beam splitter and to provide the optical neural Network to provide the optical input signal by means of the beam splitter or the further beam splitter.
- an integration, e.g. coaxially, of the light source and optical neural network can thus be carried out, for example together with a process beam source, e.g. in a processing head or in a processing optics.
- wavelengths between 10 pm (thermal radiation) and 400 nm (visible light) can be used.
- external illumination e.g. by means of the light source
- An advantage of embodiments in wavelength ranges above UV (ultraviolet) light can be, for example, a simple, or, for example, simpler, manufacture of the optical elements (e.g., DOEs and/or SLMs) for the optical neural network.
- the optical elements e.g., DOEs and/or SLMs
- the optical device is designed to be supplied with energy exclusively by means of the optical input signal to provide the optical real-time information. This means that mobile applications and applications with high energy consumption requirements can also be addressed.
- Embodiments according to the present invention further comprise an optical system comprising an optical device according to any of the embodiments disclosed herein and a detector (e.g. CCD chip) configured to detect the real-time optical information and to provide an electrical signal based on the real-time optical information, wherein the detector comprises at least one of a photodiode, a line detector and/or an area detector.
- a detector e.g. CCD chip
- a processed or preprocessed electrical signal can be provided at high speed due to the optical processing in the optical neural network.
- the optical system further comprises a processing device which is designed to control and/or regulate the process based on the electrical signal of the detector and/or to provide information regarding the process based on the electrical signal of the detector.
- the processing device can work digitally, for example, or analogously, for example in the case of very fast control loops.
- the control and/or regulation of the process can in particular include the control and/or regulation of a process system.
- a system comprising a laser can be controlled and/or regulated.
- the control and/or regulation can include, for example, an adjustment of a feed rate, a material feed and/or an adjustment of or in relation to process gases.
- the process is a material processing process and/or a measuring process (e.g. laser measuring process, e.g. laser-induced plasma spectroscopy, LIBS) using a laser and the processing device is designed to control and/or regulate the laser based on the electrical signal of the detector.
- a measuring process e.g. laser measuring process, e.g. laser-induced plasma spectroscopy, LIBS
- other parameters in a machine of the process e.g. a machine which includes the laser
- axes, scanners, protective gas supply can also be controlled and/or regulated.
- Embodiments according to the present invention further comprise methods for providing an optical device (for example one of the optical devices explained above), wherein the optical device comprises an optical neural network configured to provide real-time optical information relating to a process based on an optical input signal emitted and/or reflected by a process.
- the optical neural network comprises at least one first optical element and at least one adaptable optical element.
- the method comprises simulative pre-training of a virtual model of the optical neural network with a first set of training data, wherein the at least one first optical element and the at least one adaptable optical element are depicted in the virtual model.
- the method further comprises generating the optical neural network based on the pre-trained model, adapting the at least one adaptable optical element in the virtual pre-trained model of the optical neural network based on simulative training of the virtual pre-trained model with a second set of training data, and adapting the at least one adaptable optical element of the optical neural network according to the adapted virtual model of the optical neural network to provide the optical device.
- transfer learning methods can be applied to optical neural networks by using adaptable optical elements.
- Generic pre-training for example, can thus be taken into account using at least a first optical element, so that application-specific "fine training" can be carried out using the adaptable elements.
- the training can be carried out efficiently using computer support.
- the training can be carried out using images purely on the computer, without the use of adaptable or dynamic elements.
- conventional training methods can also be used for training (from applications in image recognition).
- the at least one first optical element and the at least one adjustable optical element can be arranged in any order in the optical neural network.
- the at least one first optical element can therefore be arranged, for example, before or after the at least one adjustable optical element.
- the adjustable optical element can, for example, form a front or rear optical element of the optical neural network.
- the first optical element e.g. in the sense of the frontmost with respect to a beam path starting from the process
- the front optical elements can be static and only the rear optical element can be adjustable or dynamic.
- the at least one first optical element is a static or an adjustable (e.g. dynamic) optical element.
- an adjustable optical element e.g. dynamic
- the method further comprises generating the first and/or second set of training data using a camera that captures the optical input signal via an optical device and using the optical device to provide the optical neural network with an optical signal for determining the real-time information based on the optical input signal.
- optical device can enable improved training efficiency, since both the training data and the optical input signal can be provided by the same optical device. This can counteract errors due to differing optical properties (e.g. component tolerances) when using two different optical devices.
- optical device can also be formed by a sub-element of a processing optics.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of an optical device for providing optical real-time information regarding a process according to embodiments of the present invention
- Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of an optical device with additional, optional features according to embodiments of the present invention.
- Figs. 3a)-c) schematic views of embodiments according to the present invention, wherein the process comprises beam shaping of a process beam by means of processing optics;
- Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a system according to embodiments of the present invention.
- Fig. 5 is a schematic view of an optical device according to embodiments with an adjustable optical element
- Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a method according to the invention for providing an optical device
- Fig. 7 is a schematic view of a system according to embodiments with further optional features.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of an optical device for providing optical real-time information regarding a process according to embodiments of the present invention.
- the optical device 100 comprises an optical neural network 110.
- the optical input signal 1 11 can, for example, be emitted by a process (e.g. in the case of thermal emission) and/or reflected (e.g. in the case of processing or measuring a workpiece with a laser, whereby laser radiation is reflected away from the workpiece).
- a process e.g. in the case of thermal emission
- reflected e.g. in the case of processing or measuring a workpiece with a laser, whereby laser radiation is reflected away from the workpiece.
- the optical device 100 is accordingly designed to detect the optical input signal.
- the optical neural network 110 is designed to provide optical real-time information 112 regarding the process based on the optical input signal.
- Fig. 2 shows a schematic representation of an optical device with additional, optional features according to embodiments of the present invention.
- Fig. 2 shows device 200 comprising an optical neural network 210, an optional filter 220, an optional optical device 230, and an optional light source 240.
- the optical neural network 210 is designed to provide optical real-time information 212 regarding a process P.
- the optical device 200 can optionally be designed to detect the optical input signal 201 emitted by the process P. and/or reflected, the optical input signal is captured directly by the process.
- Fig. 2 shows an example of an embodiment in which the filter 220 is arranged before (signal path starting from the process P) the optical device 230.
- the optical device 230 can, however, also be arranged after the filter 220.
- the filter 220 is designed, for example, to filter the optical input signal 201, which is emitted and/or reflected by the process P, for example in a wavelength-selective manner. Thus, wavelengths which contribute little or nothing to the process classification can be filtered out.
- a device 200 can have a light source 240.
- the process can be illuminated or irradiated by means of the light source, so that light 241 can cause a reflected signal 201, which can form the input signal.
- a corresponding input signal 201 can also comprise a superposition of process radiation, such as thermal radiation, and reflected radiation from an illumination 240, or also reflected radiation from a process beam, such as a processing laser.
- the light source can of course also be used for processes which emit radiation on their own, for example to add information in a different wavelength range to the input signal.
- the optical diffractive neural network 210 can be designed to process light with a specific optical property, i.e., for example, a specific wavelength, and the light source can be designed accordingly to provide the light with that specific optical property (e.g., wavelength range). Accordingly, the filter can be designed to only let through light with the specific optical property.
- a specific optical property i.e., for example, a specific wavelength
- the light source can be designed accordingly to provide the light with that specific optical property (e.g., wavelength range).
- the filter can be designed to only let through light with the specific optical property.
- an advantage of using the filter 220 may be that a simple, i.e., inexpensive, light source 240 with a broad spectrum can be used, whereby the filter can filter out wavelengths that are irrelevant or carry little information for the process classification.
- a filtered input signal 221 is provided to the optical device 230.
- the optical device in turn is designed to filter the input signal 201, for example in to obtain a further processed form of the filtered input signal 221 and to supply it to the optical neural network 210 as an optical signal 231.
- the optical device can, for example, comprise at least one of a lens, a beam splitter, a mirror and/or an aperture.
- the optical neural network can further comprise, for example, at least one of a diffractive optical element, a spatial light modulator and/or a metaoptic.
- the optical real-time information can be provided, for example, in the form of a light point, a line beam and/or a two-dimensional light array or can comprise similar forms of representation.
- the optical neural network 210 can be designed to modify a phase and/or amplitude of the optical input signal, i.e. in particular also optionally the optical signal 231 and/or the filtered input signal 221.
- an optical device 200 can optionally be powered solely by means of the optical input signal 201 to provide the real-time optical information 212.
- the real-time information 212 can contain a control signal and/or a regulation signal which is determined by the optical neural network 210. This can be used, for example, to control and/or regulate a process P. Alternatively or additionally, a process parameter determined by the optical neural network 210 can be encoded in the optical real-time information 212.
- FIGs. 3 a)-c) show schematic views of embodiments according to the present invention, wherein the process comprises beam shaping of a process beam by means of processing optics.
- Figures 3 a) to c) show optical neural networks ONN, process beam sources L, optical sub-elements O, beam splitter T, light source B, and workpieces W.
- the process beam source can be a laser, for example.
- Fig. 3a shows a schematic view of a typical coaxial structure, for example, according to embodiments.
- a process beam is formed by means of a processing optics 320, comprising a first optical sub-element 322 and a second optical sub-element 324, and guided to a workpiece W.
- the optical device 330 comprising the optical neural network ONN, 332, is designed to receive the optical input signal 340 via the optical sub-element 324 of the processing optics 320.
- the device 330 comprises a beam splitter T, 332 as an additional, optional feature.
- the beam splitter 350 is designed to separate the process beam 310 from the reflected input signal 340 in order to provide the optical input signal to the optical neural network.
- processing optics can also comprise just one optical sub-element.
- the optical sub-elements can be, for example, classic optical components such as lenses, apertures, but also protective glass. It should also be mentioned again that the processing optics or sub-elements thereof can serve as the optical device of the device.
- Fig. 3 b shows a schematic view of a further structure according to embodiments, wherein the device 300 has an optional light source 334 and a further beam splitter 336.
- the light source 334 is designed to illuminate the process in order to generate the optical input signal 340 which is emitted and/or reflected by the process.
- the input signal can comprise both light emitted by the process itself and light generated and reflected by the light source.
- the light source 334 then generates the input signal 340 in such a way that the portion of the input signal not emitted by the process itself is provided.
- the process beam 310 can be separated or split from the optical input signal.
- the beam splitter 336 the light 335 of the light source 334 can in turn be separated from the optical input signal, so that the workpiece W is illuminated and the optical input signal 340 can be provided to the optical neural network 332.
- Fig. 3b shows a schematic view of a structure according to embodiments in which, in addition to the process beam, e.g. processing or measuring beam, the optional additional lighting can also be coaxially integrated.
- the optional additional lighting can also be coaxially integrated.
- only one of the beam splitters can be present at a time.
- an illumination with a beam splitter can not only be used in combination with a beam splitter for the process beam.
- a beam splitter for example with several optical sub-elements, can also separate both the process beam and the light of the light source from the optical input signal.
- the processing optics e.g. an illumination optics with which the processing beam can be formed, does not necessarily have to consist of just one element. According to embodiments, several lenses, mirrors and other individual optics can be combined to achieve the desired beam formation. It may therefore be the case that only some of the elements from the processing optics are relevant for the ONN measuring beam, e.g. 340.
- Fig. 3c shows a schematic view of a further structure according to embodiments, wherein the process comprises beam shaping of a process beam by means of a processing optics 320 (which in turn can comprise several sub-elements, for example) and wherein the optical device 320 is designed to receive the optical input signal 320 via the processing optics.
- a processing optics 320 which in turn can comprise several sub-elements, for example
- An advantage of the arrangements according to Fig. 3a) and 3b) compared to an arrangement 3c) can be, for example, that smaller optical components can be used for the processing optics.
- An arrangement according to Fig. 3c) can, for example, address a special case in which both beams are guided through a protective glass which is arranged behind the last beam-forming element in the beam path and, for example, separates the process zone from the environment and prevents contamination there.
- a corresponding protective glass can, however, also form an optical element or optical sub-element of a processing optics or an optical device.
- Figs. 3a)-c) enable the detection of feedback from the process and/or component without the risk of destroying optical elements of the neural network, for example spatial light modulators at high power, as are usually required in the material processing process.
- Fig. 4 shows a schematic view of a system according to embodiments of the present invention.
- System 400 comprises an optical device 410, as well as a Detector 420 configured to detect the real-time optical information 412 and to provide an electrical signal 421 based on the real-time optical information.
- the optical input signal from process P is designated by reference numeral 411.
- the device 410 may have optional features explained above, both individually and in combination.
- the system 400 comprises a processing device 430 which is designed to control and/or regulate the process P based on the electrical signal 421 of the detector 420.
- a processing device 430 which is designed to control and/or regulate the process P based on the electrical signal 421 of the detector 420.
- an adjustment intervention 431 in the process P is shown as an optional feature.
- the processing device 430 can be designed to provide information regarding the process based on the electrical signal of the detector. In this case, for example, adjustment intervention 431 can not be present and instead the information regarding the process can be provided by the processing device 430.
- the process may be, for example, a material processing process and/or a measuring process using a laser, wherein the processing device 430 may be designed accordingly to control and/or regulate the laser based on the electrical signal 421 of the detector.
- Fig. 5 shows a schematic view of an optical device according to embodiments with an adjustable optical element.
- Device 500 comprises an optical neural network 510 and, as a further optional feature, an optical device 520.
- the optical device is designed to provide an optical signal 502 for the optical neural network 510 based on the optical input signal 501, wherein the optical neural network 510 is in turn designed to provide the real-time information 503.
- the optical diffractive neural network comprises at least one static optical element 512 and at least one adjustable optical element 514.
- the adjustable optical element is designed to change the processing of the optical input signal 501 in the optical diffractive neural network.
- the adjustable optical element can be an adjustable or, for example, dynamic optical element, which can therefore be changed.
- Fig. 6 shows a schematic block diagram of such a method according to the invention for providing an optical device, wherein the optical device, e.g. 500, has an optical neural network, e.g. 510, which is designed to provide optical real-time information, e.g. 503, relating to the process based on an optical input signal, e.g. 501, which is emitted and/or reflected by a process, wherein the optical neural network has at least a first optical element, e.g. 512, and at least one adjustable optical element, e.g. 514.
- the optical neural network has at least a first optical element, e.g. 512, and at least one adjustable optical element, e.g. 514.
- the method 600 includes simulative pre-training 610 of a virtual model of the optical neural network with a first set of training data, wherein the at least one first optical element, e.g. 512, and the at least one adaptable optical element, e.g. 514, are depicted in the virtual model.
- the method 600 further includes generating the optical neural network, e.g. 510, based on the pre-trained model, adapting the at least one adaptable optical element in the virtual pre-trained model of the optical neural network based on simulative training of the virtual pre-trained model with a second set of training data, and adapting the at least one adaptable optical element, e.g. 514, of the optical neural network according to the adapted virtual model of the optical neural network in order to provide the optical device, e.g. 500.
- the one or more first optical elements can optionally be static or adjustable, e.g. dynamic optical elements.
- static and adjustable elements e.g. dynamic optical elements.
- a combination of static and adjustable elements is also possible.
- a portion of the optical elements of the optical neural network can be adjusted based on a first training, e.g. fixedly adjusted, e.g. by means of static optical elements, and a second portion of the optical elements of the network, which are adaptable and/or adjustable, can be readjusted based on a second training.
- transfer learning methods can be applied.
- the training according to embodiments can be carried out purely on the computer using images and an arrangement according to the invention cannot have or require any dynamic elements.
- known training methods e.g. for applications in image recognition
- the first and/or second set of training data can optionally be created using the same optical device.
- the inventors have recognized that training quality can be improved if the training data is created using the same optical device that is used to provide the optical signal from the optical input signal for the neural network.
- imaging errors can be prevented or reduced, for example when using different optics to generate the training data compared to “field use” of the optical device.
- An example sequence of training an ONN according to the invention can therefore include the following:
- the camera can be used only as a sensor, but also with a lens or in a coaxial beam path through the processing optics.
- This lens can then optionally remain in the structure (e.g. as an optical device of the optical device) or the integration of the ONN could then optionally also be carried out coaxially.
- Labeling e.g. classification, of the (e.g. electronic) training data: For example, for simple features such as the size of the melt pool, this can optionally be done automatically, e.g. using established image processing methods, for example, for more complex data, this can be done manually.
- Training data can optionally be upscaled artificially, e.g. by mirroring/rotating, if appropriate.
- the complexity of the ONN can be decided based on the complexity of the task.
- a pre-trained ONN on the image-net dataset for example, can be used with transfer learning to only map the last, e.g. 1-2, levels using customizable optical elements, e.g. SLMs (which can be retrained or even must)
- Examples of implementation are not limited to process monitoring in laser material processing.
- image data from manufacturing processes or other areas e.g. facial recognition, environmental analysis, autonomous driving, etc.
- embodiments include a novel component and method for capturing and evaluating process images.
- An optical neural network e.g. in the form of a diffractive neural network (DNN) is used to evaluate the light coming from the process zone, e.g. directly in the processing optics, and thus output an intensity pattern (e.g. instead of 2D image data) in which the results of the evaluation or new control signals can be encoded.
- DNN diffractive neural network
- embodiments offer the advantage that the data processing or at least part of the data processing can take place at the speed of light. The image analysis is therefore available to the control unit practically instantly, for example. Embodiments can thus avoid the longer computing times in the computer.
- inventions solve disadvantages in the prior art, for example, among other things, by carrying out the process image analysis in an optical neural network (e.g. 110, 210, 310, 332).
- the information carrier for the (optical) calculation is thus, for example, the light collected from the process zone (e.g. in the form of the optical input signal 111, 201, 340, 411, 501) itself.
- the light can thus pass through an optical system and, for example, undergo modifications (e.g. in phase and/or amplitude), which can take place analogously to the processing of information in a (digital) neural network.
- modifications e.g. in phase and/or amplitude
- One difference is, for example, that the information processing takes place at the speed of light and, in addition to the optical elements used (e.g.
- detectors e.g. 420 with individual pixels, line arrays or area detectors can be used.
- the image capture and image processing are combined in an optical system, which can consist, for example, of a sequence of conventional optics (e.g. lenses, beam splitters, mirrors, ... e.g. an optical device 230, 520 and/or a processing optics 320), diffractive optical elements, DOEs, (e.g. 512), and also spatial light modulators (SLMs) (e.g. 514) such as liquid crystal-based technology or micromirror arrays.
- the optical neural network e.g.
- DNN in the form of a diffractive optical neural network
- DNN can consist, for example, of a sequence of phase or amplitude masks and can be implemented in reflection or transmission with diffractive optical elements (DOEs), SLMs or metaoptics both statically and dynamically.
- DOEs diffractive optical elements
- Embodiments are not limited to specific diffractive neural networks.
- different concepts of a DNN and different forms of implementation can be used.
- the DNN can, for example, be integrated directly into the observation optics (see, for example, Fig. 3a)-c)).
- the evaluation can, for example, be carried out with a CCD chip or, depending on the application, by line detectors or individual photodiodes.
- the choice of detectors can, for example, depend on the number and type (scalar or binary) of the output parameters of the DNN.
- the optical system or the optical device can also optionally include one or more wavelength-selective filters (e.g. 220) in order, for example, to only analyze the light from the targeted illumination (e.g. 240) of the process.
- the illumination of the process can optionally be carried out with a coherent source.
- the light source can, for example, be a coherent light source, for example in the form of a laser.
- the function of the sensor can be changed, e.g. over time.
- the adaptation can be used to train the DNN, for example to adapt the DNN to the environmental conditions of the process or to change the evaluation algorithm, e.g. if quality requirements or changes to the process (e.g. material, product type, ...) change.
- Embodiments can enable extremely fast image evaluation in process monitoring at the speed of light and can make an electronic processing unit that would otherwise be used for image processing (e.g. including the evaluation of neural networks) obsolete.
- the electronic processing unit usually also includes special hardware, such as graphic processing units (GPUs) for fast image evaluation.
- GPUs graphic processing units
- a corresponding sensor e.g. an optical device or a system according to embodiments, for process observation can be built very small, compact and cost-effective.
- a sensor unit can, for example, comprise at least one or more DOEs and a detector, e.g. a photodiode (which, for example, detects whether a process is running within defined quality criteria).
- sensors may not require a connected or integrated electronic processing unit.
- the sensors can then, for example, be connected directly to the process control.
- the process parameters such as process speed, material feed or laser power, can be changed directly without going via a processing unit.
- the optical neural network can perform the calculations for image evaluation using the process light itself, no additional energy is required. In other words, no additional energy can be or needs to be consumed.
- the energy consumption of the entire sensor i.e. of a system according to the embodiments, relates, for example, solely or largely to the evaluation of the detector and optionally also to the lighting used.
- Embodiments can thus include in particular laser processing machines and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) in the field of sensor technology, or address such fields of application.
- Embodiments further include or enable or address applications such as: analysis of manufacturing processes, environments, objects, for example one based on the evaluation of image data by neural networks or for which such evaluation is too slow or too inefficient.
- Fig. 7 shows a schematic view of a system according to embodiments with further, optional features.
- the system 700 comprises an optical device 710, for example a sensor, with diffractive optical elements 712, an optional optical device 714, which for example comprises an optical element, and an optional light source in the form of the illumination source 716.
- the system 700 further comprises a Detector 720.
- the system 700 comprises a processing device in the form of a system controller 730, as well as signal lines 731.
- FIG. 7 shows a processing head 740, for example a laser processing head, as well as a workpiece 750.
- the workpiece 750 can thus be processed by the processing head 740, for example by means of a laser beam 741.
- a signal from the laser beam can be reflected from the workpiece in the direction of the device 710, which can form the optical input signal 701 or at least a part of the optical input signal 701.
- the input signal 701 can include radiation components that are emitted by the workpiece itself, for example due to thermal radiation.
- the light source 716 can illuminate the workpiece 750 and thus provide a further portion of the input signal 701 based on further reflections. Such illumination can also be provided, for example, by ambient light (e.g. daylight or room lighting).
- any combination can be used to generate the optical input signal.
- radiation reflected by the laser can form the input signal alone (without the use of an additional light source 716, e.g. in the form of a laser).
- the light source since there is no reflection of laser radiation from a processing laser
- the input signal 701 can again be formed solely by thermal radiation from the workpiece.
- any combination of these input signal generating options can of course also be used according to the invention.
- the scenery can be made visible, both by active illumination and by ambient light, or the thermal emissions from the process are analyzed.
- the optical neural network which comprises, for example, the elements 712, is supplied with an optical signal 702, on the basis of which the Real-time information 703 is provided. This can be detected by means of detector 720 and forwarded in electrical form to the system control 730.
- the detector 720 can be integrated in the device 710 or, for example, only in a common housing. However, an external arrangement is also possible. Based on the detected real-time information, a further evaluation can then be carried out in the system control 730 and/or a regulation or control of the processing head 740 (e.g. with regard to speed, power).
- the processing head can be a cutting head, for example.
- aspects have been described in the context of a device, it is to be understood that these aspects also represent a description of the corresponding method, so that a block or component of a device can also be understood as a corresponding method step or as a feature of a method step. Analogously, aspects described in the context of or as a method step also represent a description of a corresponding block or detail or feature of a corresponding device.
- Some or all of the method steps can be carried out by a hardware apparatus (or using a hardware apparatus), such as a microprocessor, a programmable computer, or an electronic circuit. In some embodiments, some or more of the key method steps can be carried out by such an apparatus.
- embodiments of the invention may be implemented in hardware or in software.
- the implementation may be carried out using a digital storage medium, for example a floppy disk, a DVD, a Blu-ray Disc, a CD, a ROM, a PROM, an EPROM, an EEPROM or a FLASH memory, a hard disk or other magnetic or optical storage on which electronically readable control signals are stored that can interact with a programmable computer system in such a way or Interaction that the respective procedure is carried out. Therefore, the digital storage medium can be computer-readable.
- Some embodiments according to the invention thus comprise a data carrier having electronically readable control signals capable of interacting with a programmable computer system such that one of the methods described herein is carried out.
- embodiments of the present invention may be implemented as a computer program product having a program code, wherein the program code is operable to perform one of the methods when the computer program product is run on a computer.
- the program code can, for example, also be stored on a machine-readable medium.
- inventions include the computer program for performing one of the methods described herein, wherein the computer program is stored on a machine-readable medium.
- an embodiment of the method according to the invention is thus a computer program which has a program code for carrying out one of the methods described herein when the computer program runs on a computer.
- a further embodiment of the method according to the invention is thus a data carrier (or a digital storage medium or a computer-readable medium) on which the computer program for carrying out one of the methods described herein is recorded.
- the data carrier, the digital storage medium or the computer-readable medium are typically physical and/or non-perishable or non-transitory.
- a further embodiment of the method according to the invention is thus a data stream or a sequence of signals which represents or represent the computer program for carrying out one of the methods described herein.
- the data stream or the sequence of signals can, for example, be configured to be transferred via a data communications connection, for example via the Internet.
- a further embodiment comprises a processing device, for example a computer or a programmable logic device, which is configured or adapted to carry out one of the methods described herein.
- a processing device for example a computer or a programmable logic device, which is configured or adapted to carry out one of the methods described herein.
- a further embodiment comprises a computer on which the computer program for carrying out one of the methods described herein is installed.
- a further embodiment according to the invention comprises a device or a system which is designed to transmit a computer program for carrying out at least one of the methods described herein to a recipient.
- the transmission can be carried out electronically or optically, for example.
- the recipient can be, for example, a computer, a mobile device, a storage device or a similar device.
- the device or system can, for example, comprise a file server for transmitting the computer program to the recipient.
- a programmable logic device e.g., a field programmable gate array, an FPGA
- a field programmable gate array may cooperate with a microprocessor to perform any of the methods described herein.
- the methods are performed by any hardware device. This may be general-purpose hardware such as a computer processor (CPU) or hardware specific to the method such as an ASIC.
- the devices described herein may be implemented, for example, using a hardware apparatus, or using a computer, or using a combination of a hardware apparatus and a computer.
- the devices described herein, or any components of the devices described herein may be implemented at least partially in hardware and/or in software (computer program).
- the methods described herein may be implemented using a hardware apparatus, or using a computer, or using a combination of a hardware apparatus and a computer.
- the methods described herein, or any components of the methods described herein may be implemented at least partially by hardware and/or by software.
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