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Citrus green fruit detection via improved feature network extraction.

Jianqiang Lu^1,2,3, Ruifan Yang^1,3, Chaoran Yu^4,5

¹College of Electronic Engineering (College of Artificial Intelligence), South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Frontiers in Plant Science

|December 29, 2022

Summary

This study introduces an improved Mask-RCNN model for accurate citrus green fruit detection, enhancing yield prediction and management. The new method achieves higher accuracy by fusing deep and shallow features, aiding intelligent citrus production.

Keywords:

CB-Net Mask-RCNN deep learning feature fusion instance segmentation

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Area of Science:

Agricultural Science
Computer Vision
Machine Learning

Background:

Accurate citrus green fruit identification is vital for yield optimization but challenging due to similar fruit and background colors, impacting segmentation accuracy.
Current deep learning methods achieve 88% accuracy, meeting basic application needs, but improvements are sought for better performance.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an improved Mask-RCNN model for enhanced citrus green fruit detection.
To address the challenge of poor segmentation accuracy caused by the visual similarity between citrus green fruits and their background.

Main Methods:

Implemented an improved Mask-RCNN model by fusing deep and shallow features using ResNet backbone.
Introduced a combined connection block to reduce channel numbers and enhance model accuracy.
Collected and utilized a dedicated citrus green fruit image dataset for testing and comparison.

Main Results:

The improved Mask-RCNN model achieved an average detection accuracy of 95.36%, a 1.42% increase over the standard Mask-RCNN.
The area under the precision-recall curve increased to 0.9673, a 0.3% improvement.

Conclusions:

The enhanced Mask-RCNN model significantly improves citrus green fruit detection accuracy.
This method effectively reduces background interference, offering a valuable tool for intelligent citrus production.