Reconstruction-based methods are a cornerstone of unsupervised image anomaly detection, but they remain vulnerable to \emph{outlier leakage}, where standard mean squared error (MSE) loss drives the model to faithfully reconstruct anomalous patterns. We propose a Non-linear Reconstruction Loss that applies a sigmoid-based squashing function to suppress high-magnitude features, preventing outliers from dominating optimization while preserving sensitivity to normal patterns.
arXiv:2608.29112v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Recent advances in anomaly detection (AD) for industrial inspection have pushed performance on standard benchmarks toward saturation. However, strong b...
By Dat Cao, Son Nghiem, Phan Nguyen, Jun Rekimoto, Jhih-Ciang Wu
arXiv:2610.07016v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: In few-shot industrial anomaly detection, the few normal target images provide no direct defect supervision, making anomaly prompts difficult to lear...
By Mengyang Zhao, Teng Fu, Haiyang Yu, Ke Niu, Bin Li, Xiangyang Xue
arXiv:2610.19540v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Automated defect detection of industrial boards must remain highly reliable under cross-scenario variations in lighting, surface contaminants, and prod...
By Dikai Li, Weijia Wang, Yuan-Gen Wang
arXiv:2608.22789v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Additive Manufacturing (AM) plays a vital role in the ongoing industrial revolution. However, quality control remains crucial and challenging due to pr...
By Sosmita Paul, Krishna Roy
The paper introduces ISP-AD, the largest publicly available industrial anomaly detection dataset, featuring both synthetic and real defects from a factory floor. It focuses on challenging, small, weakly contrasted surface defects within highly variable structured patterns, addressing the bias of existing datasets toward ideal imaging conditions. Experiments demonstrate that even a small amount of weakly labeled real defects improves model generalization and that synthetic defects can serve as a useful cold‑start baseline for scalable training.
By Paul J. Krassnig, Dieter P. Gruber