Multi-Model CNN-RNN-LSTM Based Fruit Recognition and Classification Harmandeep Singh Gill 1,* , Osamah Ibrahim Khalaf 2 , Youseef Alotaibi 3 , Saleh Alghamdi 4 and Fawaz Alassery 5 1 Department of Computer Science, Guru Arjan Dev Khalsa College Chohla Sahib, Punjab, 143408, India 2 Al-Nahrain University, Al-Nahrain Nano-Renewable Energy Research Center, Baghdad, 964, Iraq 3 Department of Computer Science, College of Computer and Information Systems, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia 4 Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia 5 Department of Computer Engineering, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia *Corresponding Author: Harmandeep Singh Gill. Email: profhdsgill@gmail.com Received: 12 August 2021; Accepted: 18 November 2021 Abstract: Contemporary vision and pattern recognition issues such as image, face, fingerprint identification, and recognition, DNA sequencing, often have a large number of properties and classes. To handle such types of complex pro- blems, one type of feature descriptor is not enough. To overcome these issues, this paper proposed a multi-model recognition and classification strategy using multi- feature fusion approaches. One of the growing topics in computer and machine vision is fruit and vegetable identification and categorization. A fruit identification system may be employed to assist customers and purchasers in identifying the species and quality of fruit. Using Convolution Neural Network (CNN), Recur- rent Neural Network (RNN), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) deep learn- ing applications, a multi-model fruit image identification system was created. For performance assessment in terms of accuracy analysis, the proposed framework is compared to ANFIS, RNN, CNN, and RNN-CNN. The motivation for adopting deep learning is that these models categorize pictures without the need for any intervention or process. The suggested fruit recognition method offers efficient and promising results, according to the findings of the experiments in terms of accuracy and F-measure performance analysis. Keywords: CNN; RNN; LSTM; deep learning; fruit image; classification 1 Introduction Fruits are an essential part of a balanced diet and provide many health advantages. Many kinds of fruits are available all year, while others are only available during certain seasons. Agriculture continues to be a major contributor to India’ s economy. Agricultural land accounts for 70% of the land in India. India is rated 3rd among the world’ s leading fruit producers. As a result, employing deep learning systems to classify fruits is advantageous for both marketers and consumers. Computer science and information This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.022589 Article ech T Press Science