Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 3, 20200511(2021)

An improved semi-supervised transfer learning method for infrared object detection neural network

Weipeng Li, Xiaogang Yang, Chuanxiang Li, Ruitao Lu, and Pan Huang
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  • College of Missile Engineering, Rocket Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710025, China
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    Influence of unlabeled samples on decision boundary
    Procedures of semi-supervised transfer learning of infrared object detection neural network
    IR features learned by object detection neural network
    Comparison of object detection with only transfer learning and with semi-supervised transfer learning
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      Algorithm 1: SSTL
      Input: Detection neural network and the parameters , RGB dataset , labeled IR dataset , unlabeled IR dataset , weight of unsupervised loss , .
      Output: Trained neural network
      1. Initialize parameters of neural network , weight of unsupervised loss ;
      2. Pre-train on RGB dataset ;
      3. Adjust the number of output channels of classifier according to the number of categories of IR labels;
      4. FOR Epoch t
      5.   FOR Each Batch
      6.   Sampling BatchSize training data form and ;
      7.   Getting the predictions , of batch images through forward propagation;
      8.   Calculate the loss of predictions for supervised samples with Eq.(1);
      9.   For each , find the neighbourhood ;
      10.   For each , find the neighbourhood ;
      11.   Calculate the unsupervised loss of predictions through Eq.(7);
      12.   Calculate the gradient for semi-supervised loss Eq.(2);
      13.   Update ;
      14.   END FOR
      15.  Update the weight of unsupervised loss α with Eq.(9);
      16. END FOR
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      Table 2. [in Chinese]

      ClassificationTrainingTestTotal
      LabeledUnlabeled
      Launcher363338107
      Tank15191953
      Airplane424142125
      Battleship515551157
      Total144148150442
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      MethodEpochsLauncherTankAirplaneBattleshipmAP
      Supervised transfer learningFaster R-CNN600.9460.9950.9650.9800.972
      YOLO-v3800.9640.8480.9190.9790.927
      Semi-supervised transfer learningFaster R-CNN600.9710.9970.9621.0000.983
      YOLO-v3801.0000.9730.9361.0000.975
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    Weipeng Li, Xiaogang Yang, Chuanxiang Li, Ruitao Lu, Pan Huang. An improved semi-supervised transfer learning method for infrared object detection neural network[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(3): 20200511

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    Category: Image processing

    Received: Dec. 11, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 15, 2021

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20200511

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