Using Artificial Intelligence/Computer Vision for Automated Plot Validation

To monitor the results of our instrument on a daily basis, we create a series of daily plots that are generated in an automated fashion.  In our case, we are creating two plot types for four spacecraft for five different species.  Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control (primarily network and system issues), plots were failing and if not monitored daily, they were unavailable when finally needed.  

To solve this problem, we investigated using Computer Vision (OpenCV) to validate our generation of daily plots.  It was surprisingly easy and more advantageous than trying to either monitor it daily or more simplistic methods.  By using the cloud, we were able to improve throughput as well.  Future work would be to use Computer Vision to analyze the data within the plots for actual scientific study.