YOLO-DCNet

Abstract

Enhanced processors empower edge devices like smartphones for human detection, yet their application is constrained by algorithmic efficiency and precision. This paper introduces YOLO-DCNet, a lightweight neural network detector built upon YOLOv7-tiny. Incorporating a dynamic multi-head structural re-parameterization (DMSR) module within its backbone network enables effective processing of the features utilized in the model. To improve multi-scale feature aggregation, the model integrates a channel information compression and linear mapping (CLM) module into its feature pyramid architecture. Moreover, the optimization of training and inference performance is achieved by employing RepVGG blocks between the main computational modules of the model. Experimental data reveal that the enhanced YOLOv7-tiny model achieves a 31.7% faster inference speed and marginal gains of 0.7% in mAP@0.5 and 0.5% in mAP@0.5:0.95 over the original. This underscores the model's improved performance and applicability for real-time human detection on edge devices across diverse applications.