System and Method for Testing Ropes

Abstract One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for the computer-aided, optical testing of a rope, comprising: - providing an image data set for at least one portion of the rope; - providing target values of a pictorial longitudinal extension J0 of the 5 representation of wires relative to a pictorial longitudinal extension L of the rope in the image data set; - determining a pictorial longitudinal extension Jm of the wires in the image data set, wherein determining comprises adapting an estimated longitudinal extension to the image data set; 10 - determining at least one quality value by means of a quality norm as a function of the determined pictorial longitudinal extension Jm of the wires and the target values of the pictorial longitudinal extension J0 of the wires; - discriminating pictorial positions within the image data set of the rope, at which at least one quality value exceeds or falls below a predetermined, assigned 15 quality threshold value; - providing the discriminated pictorial positions, as well as an associated system and a computer program product.