DSRO based data annotation with improved EfficientNet for forest fire detection using image processing in IoT environment

Abstract

The increasing risk of forest fires demands sophisticated detection systems in order to mitigate the environment effectively. The technology under consideration enhances real-time monitoring and reaction by functioning inside an Internet of Things (IoT) architecture. Even though Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms have improved fire detection systems, they are quite expensive and energy-intensive due to their high computing needs. With the use of creative methods for data augmentation and optimization as well as a shared feature extraction module, this research study offers a thorough fire detection model using an improved EfficientNet that tackles these issues. Three technical components are creatively combined in the realm of forest fire detection by this study. The first stage is the use of diagonal swap of random (DSRO) data annotation, which makes use of spatial connections in the data to improve the model’s understanding of complex aspects that are essential for precisely identifying possible fire breakouts. By adding a shared feature extraction module across three functions, the second stage solves difficulties in feature extraction and target identification. This greatly increases the model’s performance in complicated forest scenes while reducing false positives and false negatives. The third and final stage focuses on improving the EfficientNet model’s capacity for accurate forest fire categorization. When taken as a whole, these technical components upon creative combination improve the existing technology in forest fire detection and provide a thorough and practical strategy for reducing environmental hazards. For the purpose of hyperparameter tuning in the EfficientNet for the classification of forest fires, an improved Harris Hawks optimization (HHO) is used. By using the Cauchy mutation approach with adaptive weight, HHO expands the search space, boosts population diversity, and improves overall exploration. By including the sine-cosine algorithm (SCA) into the optimization process, the likelihood of local extremum occurrences is decreased. The proposed strategy is successful compared to other existing models, as shown by the experimental findings that show an improvement of 5% in accuracy compared to the standard existing model,  and an improvement of 2% compared to EfficientNet model in detecting forest fire.