Mingming Huang1, Yunfan Ye1,*, Zhiping Cai2
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.2, pp. 1-17, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.072399
- 09 December 2025
Abstract As a fundamental component in computer vision, edges can be categorized into four types based on discontinuities in reflectance, illumination, surface normal, or depth. While deep CNNs have significantly advanced generic edge detection, real-time multi-class semantic edge detection under resource constraints remains challenging. To address this, we propose a lightweight framework based on PiDiNet that enables fine-grained semantic edge detection. Our model simultaneously predicts background and four edge categories from full-resolution inputs, balancing accuracy and efficiency. Key contributions include: a multi-channel output structure expanding binary edge prediction to five classes, supported by a deep supervision More >