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A novel PCB surface defect detection method based on separated global context attention to guide residual context

Lingyun Zhu¹, Renyan Zhao²

¹College of Computer Science and Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, China. zhulingyun@cqut.edu.cn.

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SRN_Net enhances small object detection for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturing by improving precision and recall. This novel framework effectively identifies small defects amidst complex backgrounds, boosting overall product quality.

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Industrial Automation

Background:

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturing faces challenges with defects impacting product performance.
False detections in PCB defect identification often arise from small defects and complex backgrounds.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce SRN_Net, an innovative small object detection framework tailored for PCB defect identification.
To enhance the accuracy and robustness of detecting small defects in industrial settings.

Main Methods:

Developed SRN_Net incorporating a Separated Global Context Attention (SGC) mechanism for improved small target focus.
Integrated a Residual Context Aggregation (RCA) module to reduce background noise interference.
Employed No Stride Convolution (NSC) technique to minimize feature loss during convolution.

Main Results:

SRN_Net demonstrated superior performance on a PCB dataset, increasing Precision by 1.1%, Recall by 1.3%, mAP@0.5 by 0.6%, and mAP@0.5:0.95 by 4.6% compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Achieved an mAP of 75.8% on the NEU surface defect dataset, validating its cross-domain applicability.

Conclusions:

SRN_Net effectively addresses the challenges of small object detection in PCB defect identification.
The proposed framework offers improved accuracy and robustness for practical industrial applications.