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FocusDet: an efficient object detector for small object.

Yanli Shi¹, Yi Jia², Xianhe Zhang²

¹College of Information and Control Engineering, Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Jilin, 132000, China. syl@jlict.edu.cn.

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FocusDet enhances small object detection by integrating STCF-EANet and Bottom Focus-PAN for better feature extraction and fusion. This novel approach significantly improves detection accuracy on challenging datasets, addressing missed detections in dense scenes.

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Generic object detectors struggle with small objects due to scale variations and complex backgrounds.
Small object detection is crucial for applications like aerial surveillance and autonomous driving.
Existing methods often fail to capture sufficient context and multi-scale features for tiny objects.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an improved object detector, FocusDet, specifically designed for small object detection.
To enhance feature extraction and fusion to better handle the challenges of small object detection.
To reduce missed detections in dense, small object scenarios.

Main Methods:

Utilized STCF-EANet as the backbone for robust feature extraction.
Employed a Bottom Focus-PAN module for effective multi-scale feature fusion.
Introduced SIOU-SoftNMS for accurate bounding box localization and redundant prediction removal.

Main Results:

FocusDet achieved a significant improvement in mean Average Precision (mAP@.5%) on the VisDrone dataset, increasing from 33.6% to 46.7%.
On the CCTSDB2021 dataset, mAP@.5% improved from 81.6% to 87.8%.
The model demonstrated superior performance in detecting small and dense objects.

Conclusions:

FocusDet offers a substantial advancement in small object detection capabilities.
The proposed architecture effectively addresses limitations of generic detectors in scale variation and background complexity.
The research presents an innovative and effective solution for challenging small object detection tasks.