Amazon Lookout for Vision

2021: Launch a cloud service that detects malfunctioning at work using computer vision

At the end of February 2021, Amazon Web Services introduced the Amazon Lookout for Vision cloud service, which uses machine learning to detect defects and scrap at work using computer vision.

This service, designed to meet the requirements of manufacturing companies, can find differences in the images of objects, thereby revealing production defects, for example, cracks, dents, irregular colors and shape. The developers used a method called "multi-frame training," which allows you to train a model for each client using only 30 basic images.

Amazon launches Amazon Lookout for Vision cloud service that detects industrial failure using computer vision

Thus, the new service not only detects production scrap without large amounts of training data, but is also able to adapt to a wide range of verification tasks in industrial conditions. Amazon Lookout for Vision can process thousands of images per hour to detect defects and anomalies. Customers just send images from the camera to the cloud service in real time.

The Amazon Lookout for Vision service is smart enough to provide a high-precision assessment even with changes in camera angle and lighting in the working environment. Customers can also leave feedback on the results of Lookout for Vision, providing a constant improvement in the service.

The developers believe that in combination with Amazon Lookout for Equipment, Amazon Monitor and AWS Panorama - services launched by AWS in December 2020 - Amazon Lookout for Vision will provide customers with "the most complete set of services for industrial enterprises based on machine learning."

Lookout for Vision does not require a prepayment, customers pay for actual use. You can access the service through the AWS console, as well as through company partners. Amazon Lookout for Vision is already available in the USA, EU and Asia-Pacific region.^[1]

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