Research on Wood Defects Feature Imbalance Optimization and Recognition

Deep learning is a promising method to achieve automatic wood defects detection which is indispensable for wood production; however, such a technique faces challenges caused by poor generalization ability and low recognition accuracy on light defects. In this study, the problems are attributed to im...

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Main Author: Xiao Wang
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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description Deep learning is a promising method to achieve automatic wood defects detection which is indispensable for wood production; however, such a technique faces challenges caused by poor generalization ability and low recognition accuracy on light defects. In this study, the problems are attributed to imbalanced feature distribution of wood defects which are rich in diversity. To this end, two improvements on CNN classifier loss function are proposed to enhance the performance on wood defects recognition. Firstly, Cross Entropy loss is modified to allow the model to pay more attention to individual sample discrepancy during training. Secondly, a new loss, Var Loss is proposed to add to main loss function in order to decrease the variance of classification results, thus reducing the impact of sample diversity on model performance. Classical CNN classifiers are employed to distinguish three kinds of wood images: dead knot, live knot and ordinary grain. Results show that Modified Cross Entropy makes model more sensitive to hard samples regardless of the batchsize. Var Loss tends to decrease the fluctuation of prediction confidences, making model more robust in practical use. An overall accuracy increase of 6.6% is achieved, the accuracy on live knot has an increase of 17%, and the missing rate of defects is decreased by 15%. Besides, generalization ability test indicates that new methods allow the classifier to have comparable accuracies on five additional datasets. The proposed loss functions improve the model performance through optimizing the model training process, providing a new idea for deep learning application in wood defects detection.
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spelling doaj-art-126065a1de6342d2a12cecfefcbb10612025-02-11T00:01:02ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113238412385010.1109/ACCESS.2025.353828510870126Research on Wood Defects Feature Imbalance Optimization and RecognitionXiao Wang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3451-4689Chinese Academy of Forestry, Research Institute of Wood Industry, Beijing, ChinaDeep learning is a promising method to achieve automatic wood defects detection which is indispensable for wood production; however, such a technique faces challenges caused by poor generalization ability and low recognition accuracy on light defects. In this study, the problems are attributed to imbalanced feature distribution of wood defects which are rich in diversity. To this end, two improvements on CNN classifier loss function are proposed to enhance the performance on wood defects recognition. Firstly, Cross Entropy loss is modified to allow the model to pay more attention to individual sample discrepancy during training. Secondly, a new loss, Var Loss is proposed to add to main loss function in order to decrease the variance of classification results, thus reducing the impact of sample diversity on model performance. Classical CNN classifiers are employed to distinguish three kinds of wood images: dead knot, live knot and ordinary grain. Results show that Modified Cross Entropy makes model more sensitive to hard samples regardless of the batchsize. Var Loss tends to decrease the fluctuation of prediction confidences, making model more robust in practical use. An overall accuracy increase of 6.6% is achieved, the accuracy on live knot has an increase of 17%, and the missing rate of defects is decreased by 15%. Besides, generalization ability test indicates that new methods allow the classifier to have comparable accuracies on five additional datasets. The proposed loss functions improve the model performance through optimizing the model training process, providing a new idea for deep learning application in wood defects detection.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10870126/Computer visionwood knotclassification modeldeep learningloss function
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Research on Wood Defects Feature Imbalance Optimization and Recognition
IEEE Access
Computer vision
wood knot
classification model
deep learning
loss function
title Research on Wood Defects Feature Imbalance Optimization and Recognition
title_full Research on Wood Defects Feature Imbalance Optimization and Recognition
title_fullStr Research on Wood Defects Feature Imbalance Optimization and Recognition
title_full_unstemmed Research on Wood Defects Feature Imbalance Optimization and Recognition
title_short Research on Wood Defects Feature Imbalance Optimization and Recognition
title_sort research on wood defects feature imbalance optimization and recognition
topic Computer vision
wood knot
classification model
deep learning
loss function
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10870126/
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