Title
Automatic Detection of Cracks on Concrete Surfaces in the Presence of Shadows
Abstract
Deep learning-based methods, especially convolutional neural networks, have been developed to automatically process the images of concrete surfaces for crack identification tasks. Although deep learning-based methods claim very high accuracy, they often ignore the complexity of the image collection process. Real-world images are often impacted by complex illumination conditions, shadows, the randomness of crack shapes and sizes, blemishes, and concrete spall. Published literature and available shadow databases are oriented towards images taken in laboratory conditions. In this paper, we explore the complexity of image classification for concrete crack detection in the presence of demanding illumination conditions. Challenges associated with the application of deep learning-based methods for detecting concrete cracks in the presence of shadows are elaborated on in this paper. Novel shadow augmentation techniques are developed to increase the accuracy of automatic detection of concrete cracks.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.3390/s22103662
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
concrete crack detection, deep learning, convolution neural networks, image classification, image augmentation
Journal
22
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
10
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6