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DroneVision: Unveiling Pedestrians in Low-Quality Aerial Imagery Through YOLOv8

  • Arghadeep Saha
  • , B. Asutosh
  • , Ankit Mohapatra
  • , Tiansheng Yang*
  • , Lu Wang
  • , Rajkumar Singh Rathore
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Pedestrian detection is an important task in applications such as vehicle surveillance, traffic analysis, and autonomous vehicles. However, other methods for pedestrian identification in poor quality drone images pose significant challenges due to factors such as low resolution, occlusion, perspectives This paper presents a new method for identifying a are walked on the ground using the state-of-the-art YOLOv5 and YOLOv8 object detection model, which is designed for low-quality drone images Benefits of n learning and data enhancement techniques are obtained. Several tests were conducted on a standardized dataset of drone images, demonstrating the effectiveness of the method. The results show that our method outperforms the original model and gives a competitive performance, with an average accuracy (mAP) of 0.37. This work highlights the potential of applying deep learning techniques to complex real-world situations and opens the door for further research in this area.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of International Conference on Computing Systems and Intelligent Applications - ComSIA 2025
EditorsAjay Jaiswal, Sameer Anand, Aboul Ella Hassanien, Ahmad Taher Azar
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages529-548
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9789819683505
ISBN (Print)9789819683499
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Jan 2026
EventInternational Conference on Computing Systems and Intelligent Applications, ComSIA 2025 - New Delhi, India
Duration: 28 Mar 202529 Mar 2025

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume1501 LNNS
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Computing Systems and Intelligent Applications, ComSIA 2025
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityNew Delhi
Period28/03/2529/03/25

Keywords

  • Aerial surveillance
  • Crowd monitoring
  • Drone imagery
  • Object detection
  • Pedestrian detection
  • YOLOv5
  • YOLOv8

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