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To determine the 3D orientation and 3D location of objects in the surroundings of a camera mounted on a robot or mobile device, we developed two powerful algorithms in object detection and temporal tracking that are combined seamlessly for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-06 David Joseph Tan , Nassir Navab , Federico Tombari

Autonomous robots that assist humans in day to day living tasks are becoming increasingly popular. Autonomous mobile robots operate by sensing and perceiving their surrounding environment to make accurate driving decisions. A combination of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-24 Varuna De Silva , Jamie Roche , Ahmet Kondoz

In many applications of advanced robotic manipulation, six degrees of freedom (6DoF) object pose estimates are continuously required. In this work, we develop a multi-modality tracker that fuses information from visual appearance and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-23 Manuel Stoiber , Mariam Elsayed , Anne E. Reichert , Florian Steidle , Dongheui Lee , Rudolph Triebel

Localization and mapping are critical tasks for various applications such as autonomous vehicles and robotics. The challenges posed by outdoor environments present particular complexities due to their unbounded characteristics. In this…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-08 Chenyang Wu , Yifan Duan , Xinran Zhang , Yu Sheng , Jianmin Ji , Yanyong Zhang

The combination of LiDAR and camera modalities is proven to be necessary and typical for 3D object detection according to recent studies. Existing fusion strategies tend to overly rely on the LiDAR modal in essence, which exploits the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Yang Yang , Weijie Ma , Hao Chen , Linlin Ou , Xinyi Yu

3D object detection plays a crucial role in numerous intelligent vision systems. Detection in the open world inevitably encounters various adverse scenes, such as dense fog, heavy rain, and low light conditions. Although existing efforts…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Xingyuan Li , Jinyuan Liu , Yixin Lei , Long Ma , Xin Fan , Risheng Liu

Effective tracking of surrounding traffic participants allows for an accurate state estimation as a necessary ingredient for prediction of future behavior and therefore adequate planning of the ego vehicle trajectory. One approach for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Patrick Palmer , Martin Krüger , Richard Altendorfer , Torsten Bertram

Multimodal camera-LiDAR fusion technology has found extensive application in 3D object detection, demonstrating encouraging performance. However, existing methods exhibit significant performance degradation in challenging scenarios…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Sixian Liu , Chen Xu , Qiang Wang , Donghai Shi , Yiwen Li

Precise and prompt identification of road surface conditions enables vehicles to adjust their actions, like changing speed or using specific traction control techniques, to lower the chance of accidents and potential danger to drivers and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-17 Adnan Md Tayeb , Mst Ayesha Khatun , Mohtasin Golam , Md Facklasur Rahaman , Ali Aouto , Oroceo Paul Angelo , Minseon Lee , Dong-Seong Kim , Jae-Min Lee , Jung-Hyeon Kim

Object detection and classification using aerial images is a challenging task as the information regarding targets are not abundant. Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) images can be used for Automatic Target Recognition(ATR) systems as it can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-15 Sumanth Udupa , Aniruddh Sikdar , Suresh Sundaram

Obstacle detection plays an important role in unmanned surface vehicles (USV). The USVs operate in highly diverse environments in which an obstacle may be a floating piece of wood, a scuba diver, a pier, or a part of a shoreline, which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-03-09 Matej Kristan , Vildana Sulic , Stanislav Kovacic , Janez Pers

Developing reliable UAV navigation systems requires robust air-to-air object detectors capable of distinguishing between objects seen during training and previously unseen objects. While many methods address closed-set detection and achieve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Spyridon Loukovitis , Vasileios Karampinis , Athanasios Voulodimos

Object detection has been extensively utilized in autonomous systems in recent years, encompassing both 2D and 3D object detection. Recent research in this field has primarily centered around multimodal approaches for addressing this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Wendong Zhang

LiDAR and camera fusion techniques are promising for achieving 3D object detection in autonomous driving. Most multi-modal 3D object detection frameworks integrate semantic knowledge from 2D images into 3D LiDAR point clouds to enhance…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Shaoqing Xu , Fang Li , Ziying Song , Jin Fang , Sifen Wang , Zhi-Xin Yang

Autonomous driving requires robust perception across diverse environmental conditions, yet 3D semantic occupancy prediction remains challenging under adverse weather and lighting. In this work, we present the first study combining 4D radar…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-10 David Ninfa , Andras Palffy , Holger Caesar

Camera-only 3D object detection is critical for autonomous driving, offering a cost-effective alternative to LiDAR based methods. In particular, multi-view 3D object detection has emerged as a promising direction due to its balanced…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Hongjing Wu , Cheng Chi , Jinlin Wu , Yanzhao Su , Zhen Lei , Wenqi Ren

Accurate in-season crop type classification is crucial for the crop production estimation and monitoring of agricultural parcels. However, the complexity of the plant growth patterns and their spatio-temporal variability present significant…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-09 Valentin Barriere , Martin Claverie , Maja Schneider , Guido Lemoine , Raphaël d'Andrimont

The self-localization capability is a crucial component for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) in farming applications. Approaches based solely on visual cues or on low-cost GPS are easily prone to fail in such scenarios. In this paper, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-12 Marco Imperoli , Ciro Potena , Daniele Nardi , Giorgio Grisetti , Alberto Pretto

A fundamental problem in robotic perception is matching identical objects or data, with applications such as loop closure detection, place recognition, object tracking, and map fusion. While the problem becomes considerably more challenging…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-01 Parker C. Lusk , Ronak Roy , Kaveh Fathian , Jonathan P. How

Multimodal object detection has shown promise in remote sensing. However, multimodal data frequently encounter the problem of low-quality, wherein the modalities lack strict cell-to-cell alignment, leading to mismatch between different…

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