Course detail

Selected chaps from measuring techniques

FEKT-DPC-AM2Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course is an extension of the Master's courses in Automation. It deals with modern and perspective methods of measurement of selected physical quantities, processing signals from sensors, image processing methods and modern trends in industrial automation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Beneš, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Control and Instrumentation (UAMT)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Not applicable.

Aims

Extending the knowledge gained in the Master's study on selected modern and perspective areas of measurement of physical quantities, industrial automation and computer vision.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Szeliski, R.: Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications. Springer, 2010 (CS)
Webster, John G.: Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook. CRC Press, 2017 (CS)

Recommended reading

Leveson, N.G.: System Safety Engineering: Back To The Future, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DPC-EKT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DPC-KAM Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme DPC-MET Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DPC-SEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DPC-TEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DPC-TLI Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Beneš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Introductory lesson

Metrology and new definitions of SI units

Theory of measurement - the importance of measurement error and uncertainty from a practical perspective

Testing, environmental testing of electromechanical components

Vibrodiagnostics, Thermal diagnostics

Principles of risk management

Data protection

Defectoscopy and classification

Thermal imaging and hyperspectral systems

The role of computer vision in transport and industry

Presentation and discussion of selected topics