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Siqi Tan¹, Zhijian Duan¹, Longzhong Pu¹

¹School of Traffic and Transportation, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, China.

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This study introduces a new method for detecting small targets in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aerial images using adaptive feature fusion. The approach improves detection accuracy in complex scenes, outperforming existing methods.

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Remote Sensing

Background:

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used in various fields, necessitating robust aerial image analysis.
Detecting small targets in UAV imagery presents significant challenges due to scale variations and complex backgrounds.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an advanced multi-scale UAV aerial image detection method specifically designed for small target identification.
To enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of small object detection in challenging aerial visual data.

Main Methods:

Integration of an Adaptive Feature Extraction Module (AFEM) into the backbone network to optimize receptive fields and reduce background noise.
Implementation of an Adaptive Feature Weighted Fusion Network (SBiFPN) to improve the representation of shallow features crucial for small targets.
Addition of an extra small target detection scale to broaden the network's receptive field.

Main Results:

The proposed method achieved a mean Average Precision (mAP) of 38.5% on the VisDrone dataset.
Demonstrated a 2.0% improvement in mAP compared to the baseline YOLOv5s network.
Successfully detected small targets even in complex aerial scenes.

Conclusions:

The novel adaptive feature fusion method significantly enhances small target detection in UAV aerial images.
The approach offers a more accurate and effective solution for critical applications like military surveillance and search and rescue.
The method shows strong performance and robustness in diverse and complex operational environments.