Object Detection in Thermal Images Using Deep Learning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Hauptverfasser: Tu, Minh Dang, Le, Kieu Trang, Phung, Manh Duong
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author Tu, Minh Dang
Le, Kieu Trang
Phung, Manh Duong
author_facet Tu, Minh Dang
Le, Kieu Trang
Phung, Manh Duong
contents This work presents a neural network model capable of recognizing small and tiny objects in thermal images collected by unmanned aerial vehicles. Our model consists of three parts, the backbone, the neck, and the prediction head. The backbone is developed based on the structure of YOLOv5 combined with the use of a transformer encoder at the end. The neck includes a BI-FPN block combined with the use of a sliding window and a transformer to increase the information fed into the prediction head. The prediction head carries out the detection by evaluating feature maps with the Sigmoid function. The use of transformers with attention and sliding windows increases recognition accuracy while keeping the model at a reasonable number of parameters and computation requirements for embedded systems. Experiments conducted on public dataset VEDAI and our collected datasets show that our model has a higher accuracy than state-of-the-art methods such as ResNet, Faster RCNN, ComNet, ViT, YOLOv5, SMPNet, and DPNetV3. Experiments on the embedded computer Jetson AGX show that our model achieves a real-time computation speed with a stability rate of over 90%.
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spellingShingle Object Detection in Thermal Images Using Deep Learning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Tu, Minh Dang
Le, Kieu Trang
Phung, Manh Duong
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
This work presents a neural network model capable of recognizing small and tiny objects in thermal images collected by unmanned aerial vehicles. Our model consists of three parts, the backbone, the neck, and the prediction head. The backbone is developed based on the structure of YOLOv5 combined with the use of a transformer encoder at the end. The neck includes a BI-FPN block combined with the use of a sliding window and a transformer to increase the information fed into the prediction head. The prediction head carries out the detection by evaluating feature maps with the Sigmoid function. The use of transformers with attention and sliding windows increases recognition accuracy while keeping the model at a reasonable number of parameters and computation requirements for embedded systems. Experiments conducted on public dataset VEDAI and our collected datasets show that our model has a higher accuracy than state-of-the-art methods such as ResNet, Faster RCNN, ComNet, ViT, YOLOv5, SMPNet, and DPNetV3. Experiments on the embedded computer Jetson AGX show that our model achieves a real-time computation speed with a stability rate of over 90%.
title Object Detection in Thermal Images Using Deep Learning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.08251