Face detection in distributed edge computing is confronting challenges such as loss of facial features due to occlusions,insufficient feature of small-scale faces,and difficulty in efficient deployment on distributed ...Face detection in distributed edge computing is confronting challenges such as loss of facial features due to occlusions,insufficient feature of small-scale faces,and difficulty in efficient deployment on distributed terminals.In this paper,an improved you only look once version 12 nano(YOLOv12n)is proposed,specifically designed to promote the detection of occluded and small-scale faces in distributed edge computing.A spatial-to-depth convolution(SPD-Conv)is introduced to optimize feature extraction and reconstruct feature encoding.A cross stage partial receptive field enhancement module(C3RFEM)is integrated to strengthen modeling capability for occluded and small-scale faces by multi-branch dilated convolutions.A multi-patch Monte Carlo attention(MPMCA)is proposed to elevate robustness and adaptability by random perturbations.A shapeaware normalized Wasserstein distance(SA-NWD)is adopted to increase the accuracy of localization and shape modeling for small targets.Experimental results demonstrate the proposed model achieves improvements in mean average precision 50(mAP50)with increase of 0.92%,1.20%and 3.44%on the Easy,Medium and Hard subsets of the WiderFace dataset compared to the original YOLOv12n,with enhanced robustness and adaptability in distributed edge computing.展开更多
基金supported by the Key Project of the Joint Fund for Science and Technology Research of Henan Province(No.245200810008)the Key Research Project of Colleges and Universities in Henan Province(No.25A510018)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62171318)the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province(No.252300421519).
摘要Face detection in distributed edge computing is confronting challenges such as loss of facial features due to occlusions,insufficient feature of small-scale faces,and difficulty in efficient deployment on distributed terminals.In this paper,an improved you only look once version 12 nano(YOLOv12n)is proposed,specifically designed to promote the detection of occluded and small-scale faces in distributed edge computing.A spatial-to-depth convolution(SPD-Conv)is introduced to optimize feature extraction and reconstruct feature encoding.A cross stage partial receptive field enhancement module(C3RFEM)is integrated to strengthen modeling capability for occluded and small-scale faces by multi-branch dilated convolutions.A multi-patch Monte Carlo attention(MPMCA)is proposed to elevate robustness and adaptability by random perturbations.A shapeaware normalized Wasserstein distance(SA-NWD)is adopted to increase the accuracy of localization and shape modeling for small targets.Experimental results demonstrate the proposed model achieves improvements in mean average precision 50(mAP50)with increase of 0.92%,1.20%and 3.44%on the Easy,Medium and Hard subsets of the WiderFace dataset compared to the original YOLOv12n,with enhanced robustness and adaptability in distributed edge computing.