Title
Autoencoder-based anomaly detection for surface defect inspection
Abstract
In this paper, the unsupervised autoencoder learning for automated defect detection in manufacturing is evaluated, where only the defect-free samples are required for the model training. The loss function of a Convolutional Autoencoder (CAE) model only aims at minimizing the reconstruction errors, and makes the representative features widely spread. The proposed CAE in this study incorporates a regularization that improves the feature distribution of defect-free samples within a tight range. It makes the representative feature vectors of all training samples as close as possible to the mean feature vector so that a defect sample in the evaluation stage can generate a distinct distance from the trained center of defect-free samples. The proposed CAE model with regularizations has been tested on a variety of material surfaces, including textural and patterned surfaces in images. The experimental results reveal that the proposed CAE with regularizations significantly outperforms the conventional CAE for defect detection applications in the industry.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1016/j.aei.2021.101272
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Anomaly detection,Defect inspection,Autoencoders,Machine vision
Journal
48
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1474-0346
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Du-Ming Tsai197068.17
Po-Hao Jen200.34