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Area of Science:

  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning

Background:

  • High-quality cottonseed is vital for optimal cotton production and germination.
  • Current methods for detecting broken cottonseed lack speed and cost-effectiveness.
  • Seed integrity directly impacts plant growth and yield.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a rapid and cost-effective online detection system for broken cottonseed.
  • To improve the accuracy and efficiency of cottonseed breakage detection using deep learning.
  • To validate the performance of the developed system in real-world conditions.

Main Methods:

  • A dual-camera system was designed for capturing front and back images of cottonseeds.
  • Hardware, software, and control systems were developed for online detection.
  • The YOLOv8m model was enhanced with MobileOne-block and GhostConv, creating Light-YOLO.
  • Light-YOLO was trained and evaluated for cottonseed breakage detection.

Main Results:

  • Light-YOLO achieved 93.8% precision, 97.2% recall, 98.9% mAP50, and 96.1% accuracy with a 41.3 MB model size.
  • YOLOv8m achieved 93.7% precision, 95.0% recall, 99.0% mAP50, and 95.2% accuracy with a 49.6 MB model size.
  • Online validation demonstrated an 86.7% detection accuracy for cottonseed breakage.

Conclusions:

  • Light-YOLO offers superior detection performance and speed compared to YOLOv8m for cottonseed breakage.
  • The developed online detection technology is feasible and effective for sorting broken cottonseeds.
  • This innovation provides a practical solution for improving cottonseed quality in agriculture.