Separable CenterNet Detection Network Based on MobileNetV3—An Optimization Approach for Small-Object and Occlusion Issues

Author:

Jiao Zhengkuo1ORCID,Dong Heng1,Diao Naizhe2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

2. The School of Electrical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel object detection method to address the challenges posed by small objects and occlusion in object detection. This work is performed within the CenterNet framework, leveraging the MobileNetV3 backbone to model the input image’s abstract representation in a lightweight manner. A sparse convolutional skip connection is introduced in the bottleneck of MobileNetV3, specifically designed to adaptively suppress redundant and interfering information, thus enhancing feature extraction capabilities. A Dual-Path Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network (DBi-FPN) is incorporated, allowing for high-level feature fusion through bidirectional flow and significantly improving the detection capabilities for small objects and occlusions. Task heads are applied within the feature space of multi-scale information merged by DBi-FPN, facilitating comprehensive consideration of multi-level representations. A bounding box-area loss function is also introduced, aimed at enhancing the model’s adaptability to object morphologies and geometric distortions. Extensive experiments on the PASCAL VOC 2007 and MS COCO 2017 datasets validate the competitiveness of our proposed method, particularly in real-time applications on resource-constrained devices. Our contributions offer promising avenues for enhancing the accuracy and robustness of object detection systems in complex scenarios.

Funder

Shijiazhuang-based Universities in Hebei

Publisher

MDPI AG

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