EfficientFaceV2S: A lightweight model and a benchmarking approach for drone-captured face recognition

Mohamad Alansari, Khaled Alnuaimi, Iyyakutti Ganapathi, Sara Alansari, Sajid Javed, Abdulhadi Shoufan, Yahya Zweiri, Naoufel Werghi

Abstract: Highlights•Lightweight face recognition model is proposed for optimized performance in drones.•Comprehensive study of deep learning models for face recognition in drone images.•Performance comparison across datasets under diverse environmental conditions.•Analysis of image quality and pitch angle effects on facial recognition accuracy.

External IDs:doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2025.126786