Real-Time Object Detection in Microscopic Image of Indian Herbal Plants using YOLOv5 on Jetson Nano

Abstract

Object detection has been evolving greatly in recent years and the advancements in hardware and software technologies have made it possible to perform object detection with ease. Due to the enhanced capabilities of the modern processors and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) of doing an exponentially complex and extensive number of iterations in very less time. Real-time object detection has become highly popular and the center of attention in recent years because most of the hardware owned by common users is powerful enough to compute that which unlocks whole new possibilities for implementing real-time object detection in numerous applications in various domains. Real-time herbal plant detection is one such topic that has many applications in the field of ayurvedic medicines and many other pharmaceutical applications that can be used to spike the efficiency in identifying these herbal plants that can be used as a precaution and even as a cure for numerous health problems. There are many existing algorithms for real-time detection, but the evolution of new Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques unlocks new ways to implement recent and advanced algorithms to apply for real-time detection of such powdered microscopic images to achieve better performance in various aspects compared to already existing methods. Our model is trained for detecting three types of microscopic herbal plants.