Real-Time Detection of UAV Small Target's Infrared Imaging via OSTD-YOLOv8

Fida Hussain Dahri*, Asif Ali Laghari, Nisar Ahmed Dahri, Ghulam E.Mustafa Abro, Vania V. Estrela, G. G. De Oliveira, Y. Iano, Euclides L. Chuma

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have boosted modern living. Tiny, frail high-density targets, low resolution, complicated backgrounds, noise, and poor real-time exposure performance have augmented due to UAV firms. Realtime recognition in high-altitude (HA) infrared thermal images is intricate. Our fresh OSTD-YOLOv8 is a multi-class target recognition tactic to tackle these issues and spot and classify objects on the HIT-UAV dataset. YOLOv8 is an effective advanced object detection model. Our OSTD-YOLOv8 model detects small objects in HA thermal images with 90% precision, 91.5% recall, 90.5% F1-score, 89.1% AP, and 98% mAP. Our unique approach delivers effective object recognition in difficult thermal imaging conditions. Consequently, this distinctive UAV-focused HA, thermal, target detection scheme can be used.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2024 IEEE URUCON, URUCON 2024
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350355383
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event2024 IEEE URUCON, URUCON 2024 - Montevideo, Uruguay
Duration: 18 Nov 202420 Nov 2024

Publication series

Name2024 IEEE URUCON, URUCON 2024

Conference

Conference2024 IEEE URUCON, URUCON 2024
Country/TerritoryUruguay
CityMontevideo
Period18/11/2420/11/24

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IEEE.

Keywords

  • deep learning
  • infrared small target
  • infrared thermal imaging
  • Object detection
  • YOLOv8

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Health Informatics

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