Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing Using an Enhanced Feature Pyramid Network

Object detection in remote sensing images is a critical task within the field of remote sensing image interpretation and analysis, serving as a fundamental foundation for military surveillance and traffic guidance. Recently, although many object detection algorithms have been improved to adapt to th...

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Main Authors: Xinyu Zhu, Wei Zhou, Kun Wang, Bing He, Ying Fu, Xi Wu, Jiliu Zhou
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/17/3559
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author Xinyu Zhu
Wei Zhou
Kun Wang
Bing He
Ying Fu
Xi Wu
Jiliu Zhou
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Wei Zhou
Kun Wang
Bing He
Ying Fu
Xi Wu
Jiliu Zhou
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description Object detection in remote sensing images is a critical task within the field of remote sensing image interpretation and analysis, serving as a fundamental foundation for military surveillance and traffic guidance. Recently, although many object detection algorithms have been improved to adapt to the characteristics of remote sensing images and have achieved good performance, most of them still use horizontal bounding boxes, which struggle to accurately mark targets with multiple angles and dense arrangements in remote sensing images. We propose an oriented bounding box optical remote sensing image object detection method based on an enhanced feature pyramid, and add an attention module to suppress background noise. To begin with, we incorporate an angle prediction module that accurately locates the detection target. Subsequently, we design an enhanced feature pyramid network, utilizing deformable convolutions and feature fusion modules to enhance the feature information of rotating targets and improve the expressive capacity of features at all levels. The proposed algorithm in this paper performs well on the public DOTA dataset and HRSC2016 dataset, compared with other object detection methods, and the detection accuracy AP values of most object categories are improved by at least three percentage points. The results show that our method can accurately locate densely arranged and dynamically oriented targets, significantly reducing the risk of missing detections, and achieving higher levels of target detection accuracy.
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spelling doaj.art-8c8516d9367f4b64aa38668c7ca442182023-11-19T08:00:54ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922023-08-011217355910.3390/electronics12173559Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing Using an Enhanced Feature Pyramid NetworkXinyu Zhu0Wei Zhou1Kun Wang2Bing He3Ying Fu4Xi Wu5Jiliu Zhou6College of Computer Science&Technology, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, ChinaCollege of Computer Science&Technology, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, ChinaCollege of Computer Science&Technology, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, ChinaCollege of Computer Science&Technology, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, ChinaCollege of Computer Science&Technology, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, ChinaCollege of Computer Science&Technology, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, ChinaImages and Spatial Information 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610225, ChinaObject detection in remote sensing images is a critical task within the field of remote sensing image interpretation and analysis, serving as a fundamental foundation for military surveillance and traffic guidance. Recently, although many object detection algorithms have been improved to adapt to the characteristics of remote sensing images and have achieved good performance, most of them still use horizontal bounding boxes, which struggle to accurately mark targets with multiple angles and dense arrangements in remote sensing images. We propose an oriented bounding box optical remote sensing image object detection method based on an enhanced feature pyramid, and add an attention module to suppress background noise. To begin with, we incorporate an angle prediction module that accurately locates the detection target. Subsequently, we design an enhanced feature pyramid network, utilizing deformable convolutions and feature fusion modules to enhance the feature information of rotating targets and improve the expressive capacity of features at all levels. The proposed algorithm in this paper performs well on the public DOTA dataset and HRSC2016 dataset, compared with other object detection methods, and the detection accuracy AP values of most object categories are improved by at least three percentage points. The results show that our method can accurately locate densely arranged and dynamically oriented targets, significantly reducing the risk of missing detections, and achieving higher levels of target detection accuracy.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/17/3559remote sensing imagesobject detectionoriented bounding boxfeature fusionattention mechanism
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Wei Zhou
Kun Wang
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Ying Fu
Xi Wu
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Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing Using an Enhanced Feature Pyramid Network
Electronics
remote sensing images
object detection
oriented bounding box
feature fusion
attention mechanism
title Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing Using an Enhanced Feature Pyramid Network
title_full Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing Using an Enhanced Feature Pyramid Network
title_fullStr Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing Using an Enhanced Feature Pyramid Network
title_full_unstemmed Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing Using an Enhanced Feature Pyramid Network
title_short Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing Using an Enhanced Feature Pyramid Network
title_sort oriented object detection in remote sensing using an enhanced feature pyramid network
topic remote sensing images
object detection
oriented bounding box
feature fusion
attention mechanism
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/17/3559
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