Efficient Edge Deployment of Quantized YOLOv4-Tiny for Aerial Emergency Object Detection on Raspberry Pi 5

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09300v1
• Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 23:33:20 GMT
• Title: Efficient Edge Deployment of Quantized YOLOv4-Tiny for Aerial Emergency Object Detection on Raspberry Pi 5
• Authors: Sindhu Boddu, Arindam Mukherjee,
• Abstract summary: This paper presents the deployment and performance evaluation of a quantized YOLOv4-Tiny model for real-time object detection in aerial emergency imagery on a resource-constrained edge device Raspberry Pi 5.<n>The model achieved an inference time of 28.2 ms per image with an average power consumption of 13.85 W, demonstrating a significant reduction in power usage compared to its FP32 counterpart.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Abstract: This paper presents the deployment and performance evaluation of a quantized YOLOv4-Tiny model for real-time object detection in aerial emergency imagery on a resource-constrained edge device the Raspberry Pi 5. The YOLOv4-Tiny model was quantized to INT8 precision using TensorFlow Lite post-training quantization techniques and evaluated for detection speed, power consumption, and thermal feasibility under embedded deployment conditions. The quantized model achieved an inference time of 28.2 ms per image with an average power consumption of 13.85 W, demonstrating a significant reduction in power usage compared to its FP32 counterpart. Detection accuracy remained robust across key emergency classes such as Ambulance, Police, Fire Engine, and Car Crash. These results highlight the potential of low-power embedded AI systems for real-time deployment in safety-critical emergency response applications.

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