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We look at this in the context of helmet-wearing detection in underground mines, where over 25% of the targets are small objects. To address challenges such as the lack of effective samples for unworn helmets, significant background interference, and the difficulty of detecting small helmet targets, this paper proposes a novel underground helmet-wearing detection algorithm that combines dynamic background awareness with a limited number of valid samples to improve accuracy for underground workers. The algorithm begins by analyzing the distribution of visual surveillance data and spatial biases in underground environments. By using data augmentation techniques, it then effectively expands the number of training samples by introducing positive and negative samples for helmet-wearing detection from ordinary scenes. Thereafter, based on YOLOv10, the algorithm incorporates a background awareness module with region masks to reduce the adverse effects of complex underground backgrounds on helmet-wearing detection. Specifically, it adds a convolution and attention fusion module in the detection head to enhance the model\u2019s perception of small helmet-wearing objects by enlarging the detection receptive field. By analyzing the aspect ratio distribution of helmet wearing data, the algorithm improves the aspect ratio constraints in the loss function, further enhancing detection accuracy. Consequently, it achieves precise detection of helmet-wearing in underground coal mines. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can detect small helmet-wearing objects in complex underground scenes, with a 14% reduction in background false detection rates, and thereby achieving accuracy, recall, and average precision rates of 94.4%, 89%, and 95.4%, respectively. Compared to other mainstream object detection algorithms, the proposed algorithm shows improvements in detection accuracy of 6.7%, 5.1%, and 11.8% over YOLOv9, YOLOv10, and RT-DETR, respectively. The algorithm proposed in this paper can be applied to real-time helmet-wearing detection in underground coal mine scenes, providing safety alerts for standardized worker operations and enhancing the level of underground security intelligence.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/make7030064","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,11]],"date-time":"2025-07-11T12:46:33Z","timestamp":1752237993000},"page":"64","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Helmet Detection in Underground Coal Mines via Dynamic Background Perception with Limited Valid Samples"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Guangfu","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Mine Artificial Intelligence, Chinese Institute of Coal Science, Beijing 100013, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory for Intelligent Coal Mining and Strata Control, Beijing 100013, China"},{"name":"Beijing Technology Research Branch, Tiandi Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100013, China"}]},{"given":"Dazhi","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Mine Artificial Intelligence, Chinese Institute of Coal Science, Beijing 100013, China"},{"name":"Beijing Technology Research Branch, Tiandi Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100013, China"}]},{"given":"Hao","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Mine Artificial Intelligence, Chinese Institute of Coal Science, Beijing 100013, China"},{"name":"Beijing Technology Research Branch, Tiandi Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100013, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9805-8870","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jian","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Mine Artificial Intelligence, Chinese Institute of Coal Science, Beijing 100013, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory for Intelligent Coal Mining and Strata Control, Beijing 100013, China"},{"name":"Beijing Technology Research Branch, Tiandi Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100013, China"}]},{"given":"Pengpeng","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Mine Artificial Intelligence, Chinese Institute of Coal Science, Beijing 100013, China"},{"name":"Beijing Technology Research Branch, Tiandi Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100013, China"}]},{"given":"Heping","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Mine Artificial Intelligence, Chinese Institute of Coal Science, Beijing 100013, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory for Intelligent Coal Mining and Strata Control, Beijing 100013, China"},{"name":"Beijing Technology Research Branch, Tiandi Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100013, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"237","article-title":"Helmet-wearing recognition algorithm for coal mine underground operation scenarios","volume":"34","author":"Zuo","year":"2024","journal-title":"China Saf. 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