Qingtao Meng, Sang-Hyun Lee^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.1, pp. 1-15, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.069970 - 10 November 2025

Abstract This study proposes a lightweight rice disease detection model optimized for edge computing environments. The goal is to enhance the You Only Look Once (YOLO) v5 architecture to achieve a balance between real-time diagnostic performance and computational efficiency. To this end, a total of 3234 high-resolution images (2400 × 1080) were collected from three major rice diseases Rice Blast, Bacterial Blight, and Brown Spot—frequently found in actual rice cultivation fields. These images served as the training dataset. The proposed YOLOv5-V2 model removes the Focus layer from the original YOLOv5s and integrates ShuffleNet V2 into the… More >

Arvind Mukundan^1,2, Riya Karmakar¹, Devansh Gupta³, Hsiang-Chen Wang^1,4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.1, pp. 1-23, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.069646 - 10 November 2025

Abstract Modern manufacturing processes have become more reliant on automation because of the accelerated transition from Industry 3.0 to Industry 4.0. Manual inspection of products on assembly lines remains inefficient, prone to errors and lacks consistency, emphasizing the need for a reliable and automated inspection system. Leveraging both object detection and image segmentation approaches, this research proposes a vision-based solution for the detection of various kinds of tools in the toolkit using deep learning (DL) models. Two Intel RealSense D455f depth cameras were arranged in a top down configuration to capture both RGB and depth images… More >

Zhiyong Deng¹, Yanchen Ye², Jiangling Guo^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.1, pp. 1-18, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.069090 - 10 November 2025

Abstract With the rapid expansion of drone applications, accurate detection of objects in aerial imagery has become crucial for intelligent transportation, urban management, and emergency rescue missions. However, existing methods face numerous challenges in practical deployment, including scale variation handling, feature degradation, and complex backgrounds. To address these issues, we propose Edge-enhanced and Detail-Capturing You Only Look Once (EHDC-YOLO), a novel framework for object detection in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery. Based on the You Only Look Once version 11 nano (YOLOv11n) baseline, EHDC-YOLO systematically introduces several architectural enhancements: (1) a Multi-Scale Edge Enhancement (MSEE) module… More >

Qing Guo^1,2, Juwei Zhang^1,2,3,*, Bingyi Ren^1,2

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.1, pp. 1-20, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.069053 - 10 November 2025

Abstract Traffic sign detection is an important part of autonomous driving, and its recognition accuracy and speed are directly related to road traffic safety. Although convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have made certain breakthroughs in this field, in the face of complex scenes, such as image blur and target occlusion, the traffic sign detection continues to exhibit limited accuracy, accompanied by false positives and missed detections. To address the above problems, a traffic sign detection algorithm, You Only Look Once-based Skip Dynamic Way (YOLO-SDW) based on You Only Look Once version 8 small (YOLOv8s), is proposed. Firstly,… More >

Lijuan Huang¹, Xianyi Liu², Jinping Liu^2,*, Pengfei Xu^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.1, pp. 1-20, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.068818 - 10 November 2025

Abstract The ubiquity of mobile devices has driven advancements in mobile object detection. However, challenges in multi-scale object detection in open, complex environments persist due to limited computational resources. Traditional approaches like network compression, quantization, and lightweight design often sacrifice accuracy or feature representation robustness. This article introduces the Fast Multi-scale Channel Shuffling Network (FMCSNet), a novel lightweight detection model optimized for mobile devices. FMCSNet integrates a fully convolutional Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) module, offering global perception without significantly increasing parameters, effectively bridging the gap between CNNs and Vision Transformers. FMCSNet achieves a delicate balance between computation… More >

Jianhua Yang^*, Zhiwei Lv, Changling Huo

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.1, pp. 1-18, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.068442 - 10 November 2025

Abstract Aiming at the scale adaptation of automatic driving target detection algorithms in low illumination environments and the shortcomings in target occlusion processing, this paper proposes a YOLO-LKSDS automatic driving detection model. Firstly, the Contrast-Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalisation (CLAHE) image enhancement algorithm is improved to increase the image contrast and enhance the detailed features of the target; then, on the basis of the YOLOv5 model, the Kmeans++ clustering algorithm is introduced to obtain a suitable anchor frame, and SPPELAN spatial pyramid pooling is improved to enhance the accuracy and robustness of the model for multi-scale target… More >

Shengran Zhao, Zhensong Li^*, Xiaotan Wei, Yutong Wang, Kai Zhao

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.1, pp. 1-14, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.068138 - 10 November 2025

Abstract In printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing, surface defects can significantly affect product quality. To address the performance degradation, high false detection rates, and missed detections caused by complex backgrounds in current intelligent inspection algorithms, this paper proposes CG-YOLOv8, a lightweight and improved model based on YOLOv8n for PCB surface defect detection. The proposed method optimizes the network architecture and compresses parameters to reduce model complexity while maintaining high detection accuracy, thereby enhancing the capability of identifying diverse defects under complex conditions. Specifically, a cascaded multi-receptive field (CMRF) module is adopted to replace the SPPF module… More >

Shuangyuan Li^1,*, Zhengwei Wang², Jiaming Liang³, Yichen Wang⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.145, No.3, pp. 3993-4011, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.073896 - 23 December 2025

Abstract Object detection plays a crucial role in the field of computer vision, and small object detection has long been a challenging issue within this domain. In order to improve the performance of object detection on small targets, this paper proposes an enhanced structure for YOLOv5, termed ATC-YOLOv5. Firstly, a novel structure, AdaptiveTrans, is introduced into YOLOv5 to facilitate efficient communication between the encoder and the detector. Consequently, the network can better address the adaptability challenge posed by objects of different sizes in object detection. Additionally, the paper incorporates the CBAM (Convolutional Block Attention Module) attention More >

Tanvir Fatima Naik Bukht^1,2, Yanfeng Wu¹, Nouf Abdullah Almujally³, Shuoa S. AItarbi⁴, Hameedur Rahman², Ahmad Jalal^2,5,*, Hui Liu^1,6,7,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.145, No.3, pp. 4013-4036, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.071850 - 23 December 2025

Abstract Human activity recognition (HAR) is crucial in fields like robotics, surveillance, and healthcare, enabling systems to understand and respond to human actions. Current models often struggle with complex datasets, making accurate recognition challenging. This study proposes a quantum-integrated Convolutional Neural Network (QI-CNN) to enhance HAR performance. The traditional models demonstrate weak performance in transferring learned knowledge between diverse complex data collections, including D3D-HOI and Sysu 3D HOI. HAR requires better extraction models and techniques that must address current challenges to achieve improved accuracy and scalability. The model aims to enhance HAR task performance by combining… More >

Qinzhen Fang^1,2, Dongliang Peng^1,2, Lu Zeng^1,2,*, Zixuan Jiang^1,2

Journal on Artificial Intelligence, Vol.7, pp. 469-484, 2025, DOI:10.32604/jai.2025.073016 - 06 November 2025

Abstract To address the issues of small target miss detection, false positives in complex scenarios, and insufficient real-time performance in maglev train foreign object intrusion detection, this paper proposes a multi-module fusion improvement algorithm, YOLO11-FADA (Fusion of Augmented Features and Dynamic Attention), based on YOLO11. The model achieves collaborative optimization through three key modules: The Local Feature Augmentation Module (LFAM) enhances small target features and mitigates feature loss during down-sampling through multi-scale feature parallel extraction and attention fusion. The Dynamically Tuned Self-Attention (DTSA) module introduces learnable parameters to adjust attention weights dynamically, and, in combination with More >