An Improved Lightweight YOLOv5 Algorithm for Detecting Strawberry Diseases

This paper proposes an improved lightweight YOLOv5 model for the real-time detection of strawberry diseases. The ghost convolution (GhostConv) module is incorporated into the YOLOv5 network, reducing the parameter numbers and floating-point operations (FLOPs) for extracting feature information using...

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Main Authors: Shunlong Chen, Yinghua Liao, Feng Lin, Bo Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10143201/
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Yinghua Liao
Feng Lin
Bo Huang
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description This paper proposes an improved lightweight YOLOv5 model for the real-time detection of strawberry diseases. The ghost convolution (GhostConv) module is incorporated into the YOLOv5 network, reducing the parameter numbers and floating-point operations (FLOPs) for extracting feature information using the backbone network. An involution operator is utilized in the backbone network to expand the receptive field, enhance the spatial information on strawberry disease characteristics, and reduce the number of FLOPs in the model. A convolutional block attention module (CBAM) is incorporated into the backbone network to enhance the network’s ability to extract strawberry disease features and suppress non-critical information. The upsampling module is replaced by a lightweight upsampling operator called Content-Aware ReAssembly of Features (CARAFE), which extracts feature map information and enhances the ability to focus on strawberry disease features. The experimental results on an open-source strawberry disease dataset show that the model achieves mean average precision (mAP)@0.5 of 94.7% with 3.9 M parameters and 3.6 G FLOPs. The improved model has higher detection precision than the original one and lower hardware requirements, providing a new strategy for strawberry disease identification and control.
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spelling doaj.art-25c110387c7246878c047b64ccfe91e62023-06-08T23:01:18ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-0111540805409210.1109/ACCESS.2023.328230910143201An Improved Lightweight YOLOv5 Algorithm for Detecting Strawberry DiseasesShunlong Chen0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2977-7222Yinghua Liao1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1821-3699Feng Lin2Bo Huang3School of Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Yibin, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Yibin, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Yibin, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Yibin, ChinaThis paper proposes an improved lightweight YOLOv5 model for the real-time detection of strawberry diseases. The ghost convolution (GhostConv) module is incorporated into the YOLOv5 network, reducing the parameter numbers and floating-point operations (FLOPs) for extracting feature information using the backbone network. An involution operator is utilized in the backbone network to expand the receptive field, enhance the spatial information on strawberry disease characteristics, and reduce the number of FLOPs in the model. A convolutional block attention module (CBAM) is incorporated into the backbone network to enhance the network’s ability to extract strawberry disease features and suppress non-critical information. The upsampling module is replaced by a lightweight upsampling operator called Content-Aware ReAssembly of Features (CARAFE), which extracts feature map information and enhances the ability to focus on strawberry disease features. The experimental results on an open-source strawberry disease dataset show that the model achieves mean average precision (mAP)@0.5 of 94.7% with 3.9 M parameters and 3.6 G FLOPs. The improved model has higher detection precision than the original one and lower hardware requirements, providing a new strategy for strawberry disease identification and control.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10143201/Computer visionimage classificationlightweight networkYOLOv5
spellingShingle Shunlong Chen
Yinghua Liao
Feng Lin
Bo Huang
An Improved Lightweight YOLOv5 Algorithm for Detecting Strawberry Diseases
IEEE Access
Computer vision
image classification
lightweight network
YOLOv5
title An Improved Lightweight YOLOv5 Algorithm for Detecting Strawberry Diseases
title_full An Improved Lightweight YOLOv5 Algorithm for Detecting Strawberry Diseases
title_fullStr An Improved Lightweight YOLOv5 Algorithm for Detecting Strawberry Diseases
title_full_unstemmed An Improved Lightweight YOLOv5 Algorithm for Detecting Strawberry Diseases
title_short An Improved Lightweight YOLOv5 Algorithm for Detecting Strawberry Diseases
title_sort improved lightweight yolov5 algorithm for detecting strawberry diseases
topic Computer vision
image classification
lightweight network
YOLOv5
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10143201/
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