Segmented Dataset Based on YOLOv7 for Drone vs. Bird Identification for Deep and Machine Learning Algorithms

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become increasingly popular in recent years for both commercial and recreational purposes. Regrettably, the security of people and infrastructure is also clearly threatened by this increased demand. To address the current security challenge, much research has been carried out and several innovations have been made. Many faults still exist, however, including type or range detection failures and the mistaken identification of other airborne objects (for example, birds). A standard dataset that contains photos of drones and birds and on which the model might be trained for greater accuracy is needed to conduct experiments in this field. The supplied dataset is crucial since it will help train the model, giving it the ability to learn more accurately and make better decisions. The dataset that is being presented is comprised of a diverse range of images of birds and drones in motion. Pexel website's images and videos have been used to construct the dataset. Images were obtained from the frames of the recordings that were acquired, after which they were segmented and augmented with a range of circumstances. This would improve the machine-learning model's detection accuracy while increasing dataset training. The dataset has been formatted according to the YOLOv7 PyTorch specification. The test, train, and valid folders are contained within the given dataset. These folders each feature a plaintext file that corresponds to an associated image. Relevant metadata regarding the discovered object is described in the plaintext file. Images and labels are the two subfolders that constitute the folders. The collection consists of 20,925 images of birds and drones. The images have a 640 x 640 pixel resolution and are stored in JPEG format.