The invention discloses a weak and 
small target detection method and device for an anti-unmanned aerial vehicle 
infrared detection 
system, and belongs to the technical field of 
infrared detection, and the method comprises the steps: S1, reading an original 
infrared image; s2, reconstructing a 
background image; s3, obtaining a residual image containing a weak and 
small target; s4, obtaining a candidate weak and 
small target area; s5, obtaining a final 
background reconstruction image of the 
infrared image; s6, subtracting the reconstructed final 
background image from the original 
infrared image again to obtain a target 
saliency map containing the weak and small target; and S7, segmenting the weak and small target from the target 
saliency map by using the threshold segmentation method again, and outputting weak and small target information. According to the method, the problems of low 
detection rate and high 
false alarm rate caused by 
noise, 
clutter, complex background and other factors in the existing method are solved, the 
algorithm of the method is simple and efficient, the complexity is low, hardware implementation is easy, and the application requirement of high real-time performance is met.