An Effective Pomegranate Fruit Classification Based On CNN-LSTM Deep Learning Models

Abstract

Objectives: To employ a deep learning technique that would sort the fruits into normal and abnormal based on the features such as fruit colour, number of fruit spots, and shape of the fruit. Methods: A combined CNN LSTM deep learning model is applied to classify a set of 6519 fruits into two classes namely normal and abnormal. The dataset is an excel file with each record consisting of 9 features. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) are applied for deep feature extraction and Long-Short Term Memory (LSTM) is used to detect the class based on extracted features. Findings: The proposed system achieved an accuracy of 98.17%, specificity of 98.65%, sensitivity of 97.77%, and an F1-score of 98.39%. Novelty: The sensitivity of disease detection was less with lesser availability of enhanced detection methods for detecting disease in earlier stages. The issue with these various existing algorithms is that the accuracy was reduced since some sources of errors were not eliminated. Deep Learning delivers methodologies, approaches, and functionalities that can help to resolve analytic and predictive analysis accurately.