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Few-shot remote sensing image scene classification (FS-RSISC) aims at classifying remote sensing images with only a few labeled samples. The main challenges lie in small inter-class variances and large intra-class variances, which are the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Zhong Ji , Liyuan Hou , Xuan Wang , Gang Wang , Yanwei Pang

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) are emerging as a promising technology for both environmental and infrastructure monitoring, with broad use in a plethora of applications. Many such applications require the use of computer vision…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-19 Christos Kyrkou , George Plastiras , Stylianos Venieris , Theocharis Theocharides , Christos-Savvas Bouganis

The use of amateur drones (ADrs) is expected to significantly increase over the upcoming years. However, regulations do not allow such drones to fly over all areas, in addition to typical altitude limitations. As a result, there is an…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-01-29 Mohammad Mahdi Azari , Hazem Sallouha , Alessandro Chiumento , Sreeraj Rajendran , Evgenii Vinogradov , Sofie Pollin

We demonstrate the classification of common motions of held objects using the harmonic micro-Doppler signatures scattered from harmonic radio-frequency tags. Harmonic tags capture incident signals and retransmit at harmonic frequencies,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-28 Cory Hilton , Steve Bush , Faiz Sherman , Matt Barker , Aditya Deshpande , Steve Willeke , Jeffrey A. Nanzer

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) enable efficient in-situ radiation characterization of large-aperture antennas directly in their deployment environments. In such measurements, a continuous-wave (CW) probe tone is commonly transmitted to…

Traditional anomaly detection techniques onboard satellites are based on reliable, yet limited, thresholding mechanisms which are designed to monitor univariate signals and trigger recovery actions according to specific European Cooperation…

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In this paper, we investigate novel data collection and training techniques towards improving classification accuracy of non-moving (static) hand gestures using a convolutional neural network (CNN) and frequency-modulated-continuous-wave…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Josiah Smith , Shiva Thiagarajan , Richard Willis , Yiorgos Makris , Murat Torlak

This work aims to investigate the use of deep neural network to detect commercial hobby drones in real-life environments by analyzing their sound data. The purpose of work is to contribute to a system for detecting drones used for malicious…

Sound · Computer Science 2017-01-23 Sungho Jeon , Jong-Woo Shin , Young-Jun Lee , Woong-Hee Kim , YoungHyoun Kwon , Hae-Yong Yang

In this work, a pattern recognition system is investigated for blind automatic classification of digitally modulated communication signals. The proposed technique is able to discriminate the type of modulation scheme which is eventually…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-06-01 Harishchandra Dubey , Nandita , Ashutosh Kumar Tiwari

Small object detection presents a significant challenge in computer vision and object detection. The performance of small object detectors is often compromised by a lack of pixels and less significant features. This issue stems from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Xiaohui Guo

Reliable detection, localization and identification of small drones is essential to promote safe, secure and privacy-respecting operation of Unmanned-Aerial Systems (UAS), or simply, drones. This is an increasingly challenging problem with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-26 Thakshila Wimalajeewa Wewelwala , Thomas W. Tedesso , Tony Davis

Objective: In clinical practice, small lung nodules can be easily overlooked by radiologists. The paper aims to provide an efficient and accurate detection system for small lung nodules while keeping good performance for large nodules.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-09 Sunyi Zheng , Ludo J. Cornelissen , Xiaonan Cui , Xueping Jing , Raymond N. J. Veldhuis , Matthijs Oudkerk , Peter M. A. van Ooijen

This paper investigates the processing of Frequency Modulated-Continuos Wave (FM-CW) radar signals for vehicle classification. In the last years deep learning has gained interest in several scientific fields and signal processing is not one…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-23 Samuele Capobianco , Luca Facheris , Fabrizio Cuccoli , Simone Marinai

The unique cost, flexibility, speed, and efficiency of modern UAVs make them an attractive choice in many applications in contemporary society. This, however, causes an ever-increasing number of reported malicious or accidental incidents,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Nikos Sakellariou , Antonios Lalas , Konstantinos Votis , Dimitrios Tzovaras

Detecting and identifying objects in satellite images is a very challenging task: objects of interest are often very small and features can be difficult to recognize even using very high resolution imagery. For most applications, this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-28 Damien Grosgeorge , Maxime Arbelot , Alex Goupilleau , Tugdual Ceillier , Renaud Allioux

This paper presents a novel micro-Doppler energy-based framework for robust multi-target vital signs monitoring using 77-GHz Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave (FMCW) radar. Unlike conventional phase-based methods that are susceptible to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-23 Chenxing Tan , Yuguan Hou , Hao Wang , Zhonghao Yuan

Millimeter-wave radars are being increasingly integrated into commercial vehicles to support new advanced driver-assistance systems by enabling robust and high-performance object detection, localization, as well as recognition - a key…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-02 Xiangyu Gao , Guanbin Xing , Sumit Roy , Hui Liu

Low-light imaging is challenging since images may appear to be dark and noised due to low signal-to-noise ratio, complex image content, and the variety in shooting scenes in extreme low-light condition. Many methods have been proposed to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-19 Keqi Wang , Peng Gao , Steven Hoi , Qian Guo , Yuhua Qian

Spectral Doppler measurements are an important part of the standard echocardiographic examination. These measurements give important insight into myocardial motion and blood flow providing clinicians with parameters for diagnostic decision…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-11 Andrew Gilbert , Marit Holden , Line Eikvil , Mariia Rakhmail , Aleksandar Babic , Svein Arne Aase , Eigil Samset , Kristin McLeod