Real-Time Recognition Method for 0.8 cm Darning Needles and KR22 Bearings Based on Convolution Neural Networks and Data Increase

Abstract

The complexity of the background and the similarities between different types of precision parts, especially in the high-speed movement of conveyor belts in complex industrial scenes, pose immense challenges to the object recognition of precision parts due to diversity in illumination. This study presents a real-time object recognition method for 0.8 cm darning needles and KR22 bearing machine parts under a complex industrial background. First, we propose an image data increase algorithm based on directional flip, and we establish two types of dataset, namely, real data and increased data. We focus on increasing recognition accuracy and reducing computation time, and we design a multilayer feature fusion network to obtain feature information. Subsequently, we propose an accurate method for classifying precision parts on the basis of non-maximal suppression, and then form an improved You Only Look Once (YOLO) V3 network. We implement this method and compare it with models in our real-time industrial object detection experimental platform. Finally, experiments on real and increased datasets show that the proposed method outperforms the YOLO V3 algorithm in terms of recognition accuracy and robustness.