Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2025
Department
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Abstract
Dataset is an essential factor influencing the accuracy of computer vision (CV) tasks in construction. Although image synthesis methods can automatically generate substantial annotated construction data compared to manual annotation, existing challenges limited the CV task accuracy, such as geometric inconsistency. To efficiently generate high-quality data, a synthesis method of construction data was proposed utilizing Unreal Engine (UE) and PlaceNet. First, the inpainting algorithm was applied to generate pure backgrounds, followed by multi-angle foreground capture within the UE. Then, the Swin Transformer and improved loss functions were integrated into PlaceNet to enhance the feature extraction of construction backgrounds, facilitating object placement accuracy. The generated synthetic dataset achieved a high average accuracy (mAP = 85.2%) in object detection tasks, 2.1% higher than the real dataset. This study offers theoretical and practical insights for synthetic dataset generation in construction, providing a future perspective to enhance CV task performance utilizing image synthesis.
Publication Title
Developments in the Built Environment
Recommended Citation
Lu, Y.,
Liu, B.,
Wei, W.,
Xiao, B.,
Liu, Z.,
&
Li, W.
(2025).
Generating synthetic images for construction machinery data augmentation utilizing context-aware object placement.
Developments in the Built Environment,
21.
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.dibe.2025.100610
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p2/1490
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© 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dibe.2025.100610