Research on Airport Target Recognition under Low-Visibility Condition Based on Transfer Learning

Operational safety in the airport is the focus of the aviation industry. Target recognition under low visibility plays an essential role in arranging the circulation of objects in the airport field, identifying unpredictable obstacles in time, and monitoring aviation operation and ensuring its safet...

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Main Authors: Jiajun Li, Yongzhong Wang, Yuexin Qian, Tianyi Xu, Kaiwen Wang, Liancheng Wan
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9979630
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author Jiajun Li
Yongzhong Wang
Yuexin Qian
Tianyi Xu
Kaiwen Wang
Liancheng Wan
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description Operational safety in the airport is the focus of the aviation industry. Target recognition under low visibility plays an essential role in arranging the circulation of objects in the airport field, identifying unpredictable obstacles in time, and monitoring aviation operation and ensuring its safety and efficiency. From the perspective of transfer learning, this paper will explore the identification of all targets (mainly including aircraft, humans, ground vehicles, hangars, and birds) in the airport field under low-visibility conditions (caused by bad weather such as fog, rain, and snow). First, a variety of deep transfer learning networks are used to identify well-visible airport targets. The experimental results show that GoogLeNet is more effective, with a recognition rate of more than 90.84%. However, the recognition rates of this method are greatly reduced under the condition of low visibility; some are even less than 10%. Therefore, the low-visibility image is processed with 11 different fog removals and vision enhancement algorithms, and then, the GoogLeNet deep neural network algorithm is used to identify the image. Finally, the target recognition rate can be significantly improved to more than 60%. According to the results, the dark channel algorithm has the best image defogging enhancement effect, and the GoogLeNet deep neural network has the highest target recognition rate.
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spelling doaj-art-b86727a5023941cebe48f3ab446eba372025-02-03T01:27:20ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742021-01-01202110.1155/2021/99796309979630Research on Airport Target Recognition under Low-Visibility Condition Based on Transfer LearningJiajun Li0Yongzhong Wang1Yuexin Qian2Tianyi Xu3Kaiwen Wang4Liancheng Wan5Air Traffic Management College, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, 618307 Guanghan Sichuan, ChinaAir Traffic Management College, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, 618307 Guanghan Sichuan, ChinaAir Traffic Management College, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, 618307 Guanghan Sichuan, ChinaAir Traffic Management College, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, 618307 Guanghan Sichuan, ChinaAir Traffic Management College, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, 618307 Guanghan Sichuan, ChinaAir Traffic Management College, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, 618307 Guanghan Sichuan, ChinaOperational safety in the airport is the focus of the aviation industry. Target recognition under low visibility plays an essential role in arranging the circulation of objects in the airport field, identifying unpredictable obstacles in time, and monitoring aviation operation and ensuring its safety and efficiency. From the perspective of transfer learning, this paper will explore the identification of all targets (mainly including aircraft, humans, ground vehicles, hangars, and birds) in the airport field under low-visibility conditions (caused by bad weather such as fog, rain, and snow). First, a variety of deep transfer learning networks are used to identify well-visible airport targets. The experimental results show that GoogLeNet is more effective, with a recognition rate of more than 90.84%. However, the recognition rates of this method are greatly reduced under the condition of low visibility; some are even less than 10%. Therefore, the low-visibility image is processed with 11 different fog removals and vision enhancement algorithms, and then, the GoogLeNet deep neural network algorithm is used to identify the image. Finally, the target recognition rate can be significantly improved to more than 60%. According to the results, the dark channel algorithm has the best image defogging enhancement effect, and the GoogLeNet deep neural network has the highest target recognition rate.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9979630
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Research on Airport Target Recognition under Low-Visibility Condition Based on Transfer Learning
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