Abstract: In view of the absence of domestic meter for measuring the intensity of pressing pattern on cigarette paper, a meter was designed based on machine vision, which was composed of an illuminating system, an image acquisition system and control software. The illuminating system adopted a ring light source of low angle, and the image acquisition system adopted an imported industrial camera and lens. The control software's functions included pressing pattern's orientation recognition, image rotation, statistical projection and pressing pattern intensity calculation. Comparative experiment results showed that the intensity of pressing pattern on cigarette paper measured by the designed meter was significantly correlated to that measured by imported meters of the same type, and stability test results indicated that the designed meter featured better stability.