Aircraft Recognition in Remote Sensing Images Based on Artificial Neural Networks

Abstract

Computer Vision (CV) is a field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that enables computers and systems to obtain data from images, recordings and other visual information sources. Image Recognition, a subcategory of Computer Vision, addresses a bunch of strategies for perceiving and taking apart pictures to engage the automation of a specific task. It is fit for perceiving places, people, objects and various types of parts inside an image, and reaching deductions from them by analyzing them. With these kinds of utilities it is a no-brainer that Computer Vision has its use cases in the military world. Computer Vision can be immensely useful for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) work. This paper provides on how Computer Vision might be used in ISR work. This paper utilises Artificial Neural Network (ANN) such as Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Residual Neural Network (ResNet) for demonstration purposes. In the end, the ResNet model managed to edge out the CNN model with a final validation accuracy of 90.9% compared to a validation accuracy of 86% on the CNN model. With this, Computer Vision can help enhance the efficiency of human operators in image and video data related work.