JOURNAL ARTICLE

A Survey of Defect Detection Applications Based on Generative Adversarial Networks

Xiangjie HeZhengwei ChangLinghao ZhangHoudong XuHongbo ChenZhongqiang Luo

Year: 2022 Journal:   IEEE Access Vol: 10 Pages: 113493-113512   Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Abstract

With the development of science and technology and the progress of the times, automation and intelligence have been popularized in manufacturing in all walks of life. With the progress of productivity, product defect detection has become an indispensable part. However, in practical scenarios, the application of supervised deep learning algorithms in the field of defect detection is limited due to the difficulty and unpredictability of obtaining defect samples. In recent years, semi-supervised and unsupervised deep learning algorithms have attracted more and more attention in various defect detection tasks. Generative adversarial networks (GAN), as an unsupervised learning algorithm, has been widely used in defect detection tasks in various fields due to its powerful generation ability. In order to provide some inspiration for the researchers who intend to use GAN for defect detection research. In this paper, the theoretical basis, technical development and practical application of GAN based defect detection are reviewed. This paper also discusses the current outstanding problems of GAN and GAN-based defect detection, and makes a detailed prediction and analysis of the possible future research directions. This paper summarizes the relevant literature on the research progress and application status of GAN based defect detection, which provides certain technical information for researchers who are interested in researching GAN and hope to apply it to defect detection tasks.

Keywords:
Adversarial system Computer science Generative grammar Artificial intelligence Generative adversarial network Deep learning

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Topics

Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Mineral Processing and Grinding
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Mechanical Engineering
Image and Object Detection Techniques
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
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