Two-Step Surface Damage Detection Scheme using Convolutional Neural Network and Artificial Neural Network

Surface damage on concrete is important as the damage can affect the structural integrity of the structure. This paper proposes a two-step surface damage detection scheme using Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The CNN classifies given input images into two categories: positive and negative. The positive category is where the surface damage is present within the image, otherwise the image is classified as negative. This is an image-based classification. The ANN accepts image inputs that have been classified as positive by the ANN. This reduces the number of images that are further processed by the ANN. The ANN performs feature-based classification, in which the features are extracted from the detected edges within the image. The edges are detected using Canny edge detection. A total of 19 features are extracted from the detected edges. These features are inputs into the ANN. The purpose of the ANN is to highlight only the positive damaged edges within the image. The CNN achieves an accuracy of 80.7% for image classification and the ANN achieves an accuracy of 98.1% for surface detection. The decreased accuracy in the CNN is due to the false positive detection, however false positives are tolerated whereas false negatives are not. The false negative detection for both CNN and ANN in the two-step scheme are 0%.

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