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Previous research has shown that most fruit tree canopy detection methods are based on the use of traditional computer vision algorithms or machine learning methods to extract shallow features such as color and contour, with good results. However, due to the lack of robustness of these features, most methods are hardly adequate for the recognition and counting of fruit tree canopies in natural scenes. Other studies have shown that deep learning methods can be used to perform canopy detection. However, the adhesion and occlusion of fruit tree canopies, as well as background noise, limit the accuracy of detection. Therefore, to improve the accuracy of fruit tree canopy recognition and counting in real-world scenarios, an improved YOLOv4 (you only look once v4) is proposed, using a dataset produced from fruit tree canopy UAV imagery, combined with the Mobilenetv3 network, which can lighten the model and increase the detection speed, combined with the CBAM (convolutional block attention module), which can increase the feature extraction capability of the network, and combined with ASFF (adaptively spatial feature fusion), which enhances the multi-scale feature fusion capability of the network. In addition, the K-means algorithm and linear scale scaling are used to optimize the generation of pre-selected boxes, and the learning strategy of cosine annealing is combined to train the model, thus accelerating the training speed of the model and improving the detection accuracy. The results show that the improved YOLOv4 model can effectively overcome the noise in an orchard environment and achieve fast and accurate recognition and counting of fruit tree crowns while lightweight the model. The mAP reached 98.21%, FPS reached 96.25 and F1-score reached 93.60% for canopy detection, with a significant reduction in model size; the average overall accuracy (AOA) reached 96.73% for counting. In conclusion, the YOLOv4-Mobilenetv3-CBAM-ASFF-P model meets the practical requirements of orchard fruit tree canopy detection and counting in this study, providing optional technical support for the digitalization, refinement, and smart development of smart orchards.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14174324","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,2]],"date-time":"2022-09-02T00:19:01Z","timestamp":1662077941000},"page":"4324","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Rapid Target Detection of Fruit Trees Using UAV Imaging and Improved Light YOLOv4 Algorithm"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Yuchao","family":"Zhu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jun","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yinhui","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lijuan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0266-6896","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fei","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wenwen","family":"Kong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Liu, B. 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