{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,20]],"date-time":"2025-09-20T06:13:55Z","timestamp":1758348835804,"version":"3.44.0"},"reference-count":31,"publisher":"World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd","issue":"13","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Int. J. Patt. Recogn. Artif. Intell."],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,10]]},"abstract":"<jats:p> Real-time object detection in aerial videos captured by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) plays a vital role in applications such as traffic surveillance, disaster response, and intelligent aerial operations. However, deploying deep learning models directly on UAV platforms faces significant challenges due to limited onboard computing capabilities and strict power constraints imposed by the aircraft\u2019s propulsion system. The efficiency of the detection algorithm directly impacts not only processing latency but also the energy consumption and endurance of the UAVs flight dynamics. To address these challenges, this paper presents UAVDet, a lightweight object detection framework optimized for edge-deployed UAVs operating under propulsion-aware constraints. UAVDet comprises three modules: a Multi-Scale Lightweight Backbone (MSLB) for efficient multi-resolution feature extraction, a Temporal-Consistent Feature Alignment (TCFA) module that enhances inter-frame stability under aerial motion, and an Adaptive Context Enhancement Head (ACEH) for spatially and semantically precise detection. Extensive experiments on a custom UAV dataset demonstrate that UAVDet achieves a superior balance between detection accuracy and runtime efficiency. Moreover, its low computational overhead supports deployment on energy-constrained UAV platforms, reducing the burden on the propulsion system and enabling longer, smarter missions. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1142\/s0218001425500259","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,17]],"date-time":"2025-07-17T06:02:59Z","timestamp":1752732179000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Lightweight Object Detection for Real-Time Aerial Video Analysis on Edge-Deployed UAVs"],"prefix":"10.1142","volume":"39","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-6022-8624","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hong","family":"Zhu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of International Engineers, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110135, P.\u00a0R.\u00a0China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-3419-6878","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"He","family":"Qin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electrical Engineering and Information, Northeast Agricultural University, Shenyang 150030, P.\u00a0R.\u00a0China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"219","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB001","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.isprsjprs.2022.11.008"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB002","first-page":"100725","volume":"34","author":"Albanese A.","year":"2022","journal-title":"Sustain. Comput.: Inform. Syst."},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB004","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/CVPR.2018.00644"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB005","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/drones7100620"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB006","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-030-58452-8_13"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB007","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1061\/JCCEE5.CPENG-5905"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB008","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/TCAD.2019.2957724"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB009","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11263-021-01453-z"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB010","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rineng.2024.103786"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB011","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/ICCV.2017.322"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB012","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10462-025-11150-9"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB013","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-024-64232-z"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB014","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1049\/ipr2.12656"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB015","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/computers12030060"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB016","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/CVPR52729.2023.01780"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB017","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/CVPR52688.2022.01325"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB018","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/CVPR.2017.106"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB019","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/ICCV48922.2021.00363"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB020","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/ICCV51070.2023.01529"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB021","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s40648-019-0144-z"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB022","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/TPAMI.2016.2577031"},{"issue":"50","key":"S0218001425500259BIB024","first-page":"1","volume":"25","author":"Roth W.","year":"2024","journal-title":"J. Mach. Learn. Res."},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB025","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11042-023-16434-2"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB026","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/CVPR.2018.00474"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB027","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7717\/peerj-cs.1776"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB028","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-031-19833-5_1"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB029","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/CVPR52729.2023.00721"},{"issue":"2","key":"S0218001425500259BIB030","first-page":"1929","volume":"83","author":"Wang H.","year":"2025","journal-title":"Comput. Mater. Contin."},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB031","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/CVPR.2018.00716"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB032","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/app12136616"},{"key":"S0218001425500259BIB033","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/ICCVW54120.2021.00312"}],"container-title":["International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1142\/S0218001425500259","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,19]],"date-time":"2025-09-19T05:56:10Z","timestamp":1758261370000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/10.1142\/S0218001425500259"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,5]]},"references-count":31,"journal-issue":{"issue":"13","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,10]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1142\/S0218001425500259"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1142\/s0218001425500259","relation":{},"ISSN":["0218-0014","1793-6381"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"0218-0014"},{"type":"electronic","value":"1793-6381"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,5]]},"article-number":"2550025"}}