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Small Object Detection in Traffic Scenes Based on Attention Feature Fusion.

Jing Lian¹, Yuhang Yin¹, Linhui Li¹

¹Faculty of Vehicle Engineering and Mechanics, School of Automotive Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

|April 30, 2021

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This study introduces an attention feature fusion method to enhance small object detection in traffic scenes. The new approach improves detection accuracy for all objects and specifically small objects, maintaining real-time performance.

Keywords:

attention feature fusion multi-scale channel attention object detection traffic scenes

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning

Background:

Detecting small objects in traffic scenes is challenging due to low resolution and limited information.
Accurate small object detection is crucial for comprehensive traffic scene understanding.

Purpose of the Study:

To improve the accuracy of small object detection in traffic scenes.
To develop an attention feature fusion method for enhanced object detection.

Main Methods:

Designed a multi-scale channel attention block (MS-CAB) for aggregating feature map information.
Proposed an attention feature fusion block (AFFB) to integrate contextual information across layers.
Integrated the AFFB into an object detection network, replacing the standard linear fusion module.

Main Results:

The proposed method achieved higher mean Average Precision (mAP) compared to the YOLOv5s benchmark.
Overall mAP increased by 0.9 percentage points on the BDD100K dataset.
Small object mAP specifically increased by 3.5%, demonstrating improved performance for challenging targets.

Conclusions:

The attention feature fusion method effectively enhances small object detection in traffic scenes.
The approach maintains real-time processing capabilities while improving detection accuracy.
This work contributes a valuable technique for improving autonomous driving systems and traffic monitoring.