Information Engineering

Real-time reflective vest detection in operational environments based on YOLO

  • ZHU Shuo ,
  • WANG Yongfang ,
  • LI Zixuan ,
  • CHEN Wei
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  • School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

Received date: 2024-12-12

  Online published: 2025-09-16

Abstract

Based on the YOLOv7 model, the YOLOv7-globel attention mechanism (YOLO-GAM) model was proposed to enhance the model's focus on critical regions. Additionally, a multi-scale training scheme was introduced to improve the model's ability to detect small targets, and a two-stage enhanced detection algorithm was designed, which effectively mitigated the degradation of detection performance caused by occlusion, overlapping, and small targets. With an input image resolution of $640\times 640$, the scheme's detection speed could meet the real-time requirements of the actual production environment and outperform the related algorithms in terms of performance.

Cite this article

ZHU Shuo , WANG Yongfang , LI Zixuan , CHEN Wei . Real-time reflective vest detection in operational environments based on YOLO[J]. Journal of Shanghai University, 2025 , 31(4) : 691 -703 . DOI: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.2686

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