Traffic Vehicle Detection Method Based on Lightweight Deep Learning Networks
摘要
To address the issues of large model size, high parameter count, and excessive computational complexity in urban vehicle detection algorithms for complex traffic scenarios, this paper proposes a lightweight vehicle detection method based on an improved YOLOv8. The backbone network is optimized by replacing the original Conv, C2f, and SPPF modules with the lightweight PPLCNetPlus module. A Multi-Scale Channel Attention (MSCA) mechanism is added to enhance feature extraction capability. An improved Dual_C2f structure is introduced in the neck to further simplify the network. Additionally, a Lightweight Asymmetric Detection Head (LADH) is adopted to boost detection efficiency, and the Inner-EIoU loss function is used to improve bounding box regression. By effectively reducing model complexity while preserving detection accuracy, the proposed approach demonstrates strong applicability to real-world vehicle detection tasks in complex traffic scenarios.