EAAI Journal 2024 Journal Article
Asymmetric convolutional multi-level attention network for micro-lens segmentation
- Shunshun Zhong
- Haibo Zhou
- YiXiong Yan
- Fan Zhang
- Ji'an Duan
Tiny target recognition in automation is currently a hot research task that usually suffers from typical issues such as complex background, dim target, and slow detection speed. In the current study, a data-driven method is proposed to realize the posture recognition of micro-lens during optical device coupling to achieve accurate clamping of the gripper. First, we establish a pixel-by-pixel labeled optical micro-lens dataset named single-frame micro-lens target (SFMT), which provides data support for the subsequently proposed convolutional neural network. Subsequently, an asymmetric convolutional multi-level attention network (ACMANet) is proposed to realize accurate segmentation detection of micro-lenses by employing an embedded multi-scale asymmetric convolutional module (MACM) and a multi-level interactive attention module (MIAM). MACM achieves not only a reduction in computational complexity but also enhanced robustness for rotated image recognition through multi-scale asymmetric convolutional kernels. Furthermore, MIAM improves the accuracy of image segmentation by connecting the down-sampling and up-sampling stages and realizing the fusion of pixel position details and key channel features. Extensive experimental results based on our self-constructed image acquisition system demonstrate that the values of normalized intersection over union and dice are successively 91. 41% and 95. 50%, and the processing speed is 3. 3 s/100 images, which shows the advance of ACMANet.