MS-YOLO: Infrared Object Detection for Edge Deployment via MobileNetV4 and SlideLoss

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Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Jiali, White, Thomas S., Zhang, Haoliang, Hu, Wenqing, Wunsch II, Donald C., Liu, Jian
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author Zhang, Jiali
White, Thomas S.
Zhang, Haoliang
Hu, Wenqing
Wunsch II, Donald C.
Liu, Jian
author_facet Zhang, Jiali
White, Thomas S.
Zhang, Haoliang
Hu, Wenqing
Wunsch II, Donald C.
Liu, Jian
contents Infrared imaging has emerged as a robust solution for urban object detection under low-light and adverse weather conditions, offering significant advantages over traditional visible-light cameras. However, challenges such as class imbalance, thermal noise, and computational constraints can significantly hinder model performance in practical settings. To address these issues, we evaluate multiple YOLO variants on the FLIR ADAS V2 dataset, ultimately selecting YOLOv8 as our baseline due to its balanced accuracy and efficiency. Building on this foundation, we present \texttt{MS-YOLO} (\textbf{M}obileNetv4 and \textbf{S}lideLoss based on YOLO), which replaces YOLOv8's CSPDarknet backbone with the more efficient MobileNetV4, reducing computational overhead by \textbf{1.5%} while sustaining high accuracy. In addition, we introduce \emph{SlideLoss}, a novel loss function that dynamically emphasizes under-represented and occluded samples, boosting precision without sacrificing recall. Experiments on the FLIR ADAS V2 benchmark show that \texttt{MS-YOLO} attains competitive mAP and superior precision while operating at only \textbf{6.7 GFLOPs}. These results demonstrate that \texttt{MS-YOLO} effectively addresses the dual challenge of maintaining high detection quality while minimizing computational costs, making it well-suited for real-time edge deployment in urban environments.
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spellingShingle MS-YOLO: Infrared Object Detection for Edge Deployment via MobileNetV4 and SlideLoss
Zhang, Jiali
White, Thomas S.
Zhang, Haoliang
Hu, Wenqing
Wunsch II, Donald C.
Liu, Jian
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Infrared imaging has emerged as a robust solution for urban object detection under low-light and adverse weather conditions, offering significant advantages over traditional visible-light cameras. However, challenges such as class imbalance, thermal noise, and computational constraints can significantly hinder model performance in practical settings. To address these issues, we evaluate multiple YOLO variants on the FLIR ADAS V2 dataset, ultimately selecting YOLOv8 as our baseline due to its balanced accuracy and efficiency. Building on this foundation, we present \texttt{MS-YOLO} (\textbf{M}obileNetv4 and \textbf{S}lideLoss based on YOLO), which replaces YOLOv8's CSPDarknet backbone with the more efficient MobileNetV4, reducing computational overhead by \textbf{1.5%} while sustaining high accuracy. In addition, we introduce \emph{SlideLoss}, a novel loss function that dynamically emphasizes under-represented and occluded samples, boosting precision without sacrificing recall. Experiments on the FLIR ADAS V2 benchmark show that \texttt{MS-YOLO} attains competitive mAP and superior precision while operating at only \textbf{6.7 GFLOPs}. These results demonstrate that \texttt{MS-YOLO} effectively addresses the dual challenge of maintaining high detection quality while minimizing computational costs, making it well-suited for real-time edge deployment in urban environments.
title MS-YOLO: Infrared Object Detection for Edge Deployment via MobileNetV4 and SlideLoss
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21696