提出分层核心集框架,实现多类异常检测在无标签时的稳定高精度。
Multi-class Image Anomaly Detection for Practical Applications: Requirements and Robust Solutions
- 构建分层记忆库,无需类别标签即可估计每类判别阈值。
- 在四种场景下均表现稳定,优于现有方法且满足所有设计要求。
- 适合实际部署中类别标签不全或动态变化的工业异常检测场景。
图像异常检测近年从单类扩展至多类框架,以提升训练效率与模型存储效率。然而,通用模型在每类检测准确率上常低于专用模型。现有研究多聚焦缩小性能差距,但类别信息的使用方式及其对检测阈值的影响仍研究不足。本文明确不同条件下多类异常检测模型应满足的要求,依据训练与评估阶段是否存在类别标签划分四种场景。我们重新评估现有方法,并提出新框架Hierarchical Coreset(HierCore),可在无类别标签时利用分层记忆库估算类级决策标准。实验验证了现有方法与HierCore在四类场景下的适用性与鲁棒性。结果表明,HierCore始终满足所有要求,在各设置下保持强而稳定的性能,展现出其在真实多类异常检测任务中的实用潜力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Recent advances in image anomaly detection have extended unsupervised learning-based models from single-class settings to multi-class frameworks, aiming to improve efficiency in training time and model storage. When a single model is trained to handle multiple classes, it often underperforms compared to class-specific models in terms of per-class detection accuracy. Accordingly, previous studies have primarily focused on narrowing this performance gap. However, the way class information is used, or not used, remains a relatively understudied factor that could influence how detection thresholds are defined in multi-class image anomaly detection. These thresholds, whether class-specific or class-agnostic, significantly affect detection outcomes. In this study, we identify and formalize the requirements that a multi-class image anomaly detection model must satisfy under different conditions, depending on whether class labels are available during training and evaluation. We then re-examine existing methods under these criteria. To meet these challenges, we propose Hierarchical Coreset (HierCore), a novel framework designed to satisfy all defined requirements. HierCore operates effectively even without class labels, leveraging a hierarchical memory bank to estimate class-wise decision criteria for anomaly detection. We empirically validate the applicability and robustness of existing methods and HierCore under four distinct scenarios, determined by the presence or absence of class labels in the training and evaluation phases. The experimental results demonstrate that HierCore consistently meets all requirements and maintains strong, stable performance across all settings, highlighting its practical potential for real-world multi-class anomaly detection tasks.
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