SpectraSentinel: LightWeight Dual-Stream Real-Time Drone Detection, Tracking and Payload Identification
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| author | Kabir, Shahriar Rifti, Istiak Ahmmed Tabib, H. M. Shadman Rahman, Mushfiqur Sadi, Sadatul Islam Adil, Hasnaen Rumi, Ahmed Mahir Sultan Haider, Ch Md Rakin |
| author_facet | Kabir, Shahriar Rifti, Istiak Ahmmed Tabib, H. M. Shadman Rahman, Mushfiqur Sadi, Sadatul Islam Adil, Hasnaen Rumi, Ahmed Mahir Sultan Haider, Ch Md Rakin |
| contents | The proliferation of drones in civilian airspace has raised urgent security concerns, necessitating robust real-time surveillance systems. In response to the 2025 VIP Cup challenge tasks - drone detection, tracking, and payload identification - we propose a dual-stream drone monitoring framework. Our approach deploys independent You Only Look Once v11-nano (YOLOv11n) object detectors on parallel infrared (thermal) and visible (RGB) data streams, deliberately avoiding early fusion. This separation allows each model to be specifically optimized for the distinct characteristics of its input modality, addressing the unique challenges posed by small aerial objects in diverse environmental conditions. We customize data preprocessing and augmentation strategies per domain - such as limiting color jitter for IR imagery - and fine-tune training hyperparameters to enhance detection performance under conditions of heavy noise, low light, and motion blur. The resulting lightweight YOLOv11n models demonstrate high accuracy in distinguishing drones from birds and in classifying payload types, all while maintaining real-time performance. This report details the rationale for a dual-modality design, the specialized training pipelines, and the architectural optimizations that collectively enable efficient and accurate drone surveillance across RGB and IR channels. |
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| spellingShingle | SpectraSentinel: LightWeight Dual-Stream Real-Time Drone Detection, Tracking and Payload Identification Kabir, Shahriar Rifti, Istiak Ahmmed Tabib, H. M. Shadman Rahman, Mushfiqur Sadi, Sadatul Islam Adil, Hasnaen Rumi, Ahmed Mahir Sultan Haider, Ch Md Rakin Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition The proliferation of drones in civilian airspace has raised urgent security concerns, necessitating robust real-time surveillance systems. In response to the 2025 VIP Cup challenge tasks - drone detection, tracking, and payload identification - we propose a dual-stream drone monitoring framework. Our approach deploys independent You Only Look Once v11-nano (YOLOv11n) object detectors on parallel infrared (thermal) and visible (RGB) data streams, deliberately avoiding early fusion. This separation allows each model to be specifically optimized for the distinct characteristics of its input modality, addressing the unique challenges posed by small aerial objects in diverse environmental conditions. We customize data preprocessing and augmentation strategies per domain - such as limiting color jitter for IR imagery - and fine-tune training hyperparameters to enhance detection performance under conditions of heavy noise, low light, and motion blur. The resulting lightweight YOLOv11n models demonstrate high accuracy in distinguishing drones from birds and in classifying payload types, all while maintaining real-time performance. This report details the rationale for a dual-modality design, the specialized training pipelines, and the architectural optimizations that collectively enable efficient and accurate drone surveillance across RGB and IR channels. |
| title | SpectraSentinel: LightWeight Dual-Stream Real-Time Drone Detection, Tracking and Payload Identification |
| topic | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22650 |