Yolov8-Based Deep Learning Model for Improved Drone Intrusion Detection

Real-time identification of unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) is a relatively growing nascent research area which leverages on deep learning and computer vision methods. However, the question arises as to possible dangers, and misuse of drones in different circumstances. These concerns are in respect to privacy, safety and security possible violations. Cameras and software are for example bundled in detection systems where visual information is used to facilitate the detection process. Thus, This Study was devoted to examining the object detection feature of the YOLO Only Look Once (YOLOv8) algorithm and its applicability for analyzing visual material captured by drones. One of the challenges in reviewing literature was to look for an online dataset of small drones and make it publicly available. Therefore, a real-world dataset was established accurately in this study and it includes small drones. The outcome presented in the document is expected to help understand the capability of the chosen models when one attempts to recognize drones in complex conditions. Further this shall serve as base on enhancing the development of even better and long-lasting anti-drone detection systems. The mentioned issues were addressed and solved with the help of the YOLOv8 architecture implementation, and the outstanding results were obtained: the mean average precision (mAP) of <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\mathbf{9 3. 9 \%}$</tex>, the precision of <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\mathbf{9 2. 9 \%}$</tex>, and the recall of <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\mathbf{9 0. 3 \%}$</tex>.