Research Article

Detection of Foreign Objects Around the Railway Line with YOLOv8

Volume: IDAP-2023 : International Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing Symposium Number: IDAP-2023 October 18, 2023
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Detection of Foreign Objects Around the Railway Line with YOLOv8

Abstract

This study proposes a deep learning-based method to detect foreign objects around the railway line. It is important to make this determination with high accuracy for rail transport safety, but traditional methods are disadvantageous in terms of time and cost. In the proposed method, the RailSem19 dataset was used, and a YOLOv8-based model was designed. YOLOv8 is a prominent algorithm in the literature with its fast and accurate object detection capability. In the study, the dataset was diversified using image enhancement techniques. The training, validation, and testing stages used manually labeled data for human and car classes. The training process was carried out through Google Colab and different YOLOv8 sub-architectures were evaluated. The results showed that the YOLOv8m sub-architecture had higher mAP50 values than the other sub-architectures and showed a successful performance in the validation phase. The YOLOv8m model was able to clearly distinguish people and cars around the railway line. The YOLOv8m sub-architecture achieved a mAP50 value of 88.8%. This study presents an automated and efficient method to improve rail transport safety. The high success of the YOLOv8-based model with the RailSem19 dataset can be considered an effective solution to detect potential risks around the railway line.

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Supporting Institution

Fırat Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Birimi

Project Number

ADEP.22.02

Thanks

This work was supported by The FUBAP (Fırat University Scientific Research Projects Unit) under grant no: ADEB.2022.02.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Deep Learning

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 18, 2023

Submission Date

August 19, 2023

Acceptance Date

August 26, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: IDAP-2023 : International Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing Symposium Number: IDAP-2023

APA
Sevi, M., & Aydın, İ. (2023). Detection of Foreign Objects Around the Railway Line with YOLOv8. Computer Science, IDAP-2023 : International Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing Symposium(IDAP-2023), 19-23. https://doi.org/10.53070/bbd.1346317
AMA
1.Sevi M, Aydın İ. Detection of Foreign Objects Around the Railway Line with YOLOv8. JCS. 2023;IDAP-2023 : International Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing Symposium(IDAP-2023):19-23. doi:10.53070/bbd.1346317
Chicago
Sevi, Mehmet, and İlhan Aydın. 2023. “Detection of Foreign Objects Around the Railway Line With YOLOv8”. Computer Science IDAP-2023 : International Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing Symposium (IDAP-2023): 19-23. https://doi.org/10.53070/bbd.1346317.
EndNote
Sevi M, Aydın İ (October 1, 2023) Detection of Foreign Objects Around the Railway Line with YOLOv8. Computer Science IDAP-2023 : International Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing Symposium IDAP-2023 19–23.
IEEE
[1]M. Sevi and İ. Aydın, “Detection of Foreign Objects Around the Railway Line with YOLOv8”, JCS, vol. IDAP-2023 : International Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing Symposium, no. IDAP-2023, pp. 19–23, Oct. 2023, doi: 10.53070/bbd.1346317.
ISNAD
Sevi, Mehmet - Aydın, İlhan. “Detection of Foreign Objects Around the Railway Line With YOLOv8”. Computer Science IDAP-2023 : INTERNATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DATA PROCESSING SYMPOSIUM/IDAP-2023 (October 1, 2023): 19-23. https://doi.org/10.53070/bbd.1346317.
JAMA
1.Sevi M, Aydın İ. Detection of Foreign Objects Around the Railway Line with YOLOv8. JCS. 2023;IDAP-2023 : International Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing Symposium:19–23.
MLA
Sevi, Mehmet, and İlhan Aydın. “Detection of Foreign Objects Around the Railway Line With YOLOv8”. Computer Science, vol. IDAP-2023 : International Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing Symposium, no. IDAP-2023, Oct. 2023, pp. 19-23, doi:10.53070/bbd.1346317.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Sevi, İlhan Aydın. Detection of Foreign Objects Around the Railway Line with YOLOv8. JCS. 2023 Oct. 1;IDAP-2023 : International Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing Symposium(IDAP-2023):19-23. doi:10.53070/bbd.1346317

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