Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 59, Issue 12, 1215017(2022)

Detection and Tracking of Low-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Based on Optimized YOLOv4 Algorithm

Yuemeng Zhao1,2 and Huigang Liu1,2、*
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  • 1Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
  • 2Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, Tianjin 300350, China
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    With the popularization of nonmilitary unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAV-detection technology has become a hotspot in security research. This study proposes a low-altitude UAV-detection and -tracking method based on the optimized YOLOv4. This method combines detection technology based on convolutional neural networks with a tracking algorithm for the first time to achieve dynamic detection of low-altitude UAVs. First, the original YOLO network structure is optimized based on multiscale feature fusion. Thereafter, in combination with the DeepSORT multitarget tracking algorithm, the detection and tracking model is constructed. Training and comparative experiments are performed on the self-built LARotorcraft dataset. The experimental results show that the proposed model can effectively reduce the miss detection rate for small targets. Good real-time performance is obtained with an average detection accuracy of up to 77.2%, and stable tracking of visual targets is realized.

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    Yuemeng Zhao, Huigang Liu. Detection and Tracking of Low-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Based on Optimized YOLOv4 Algorithm[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(12): 1215017

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    Paper Information

    Category: Machine Vision

    Received: Aug. 2, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 8, 2021

    Published Online: May. 23, 2022

    The Author Email: Liu Huigang (liuhg@nankai.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202259.1215017

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