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We propose an approach to detect flying objects such as UAVs and aircrafts when they occupy a small portion of the field of view, possibly moving against complex backgrounds, and are filmed by a camera that itself moves. Solving such a…

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Despite recent advancements in computer vision research, object detection in aerial images still suffers from several challenges. One primary challenge to be mitigated is the presence of multiple types of variation in aerial images, for…

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Aerial object detection presents challenges from small object sizes, high density clustering, and image quality degradation from distance and motion blur. These factors create an information bottleneck where limited pixel representation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Ragib Amin Nihal , Benjamin Yen , Takeshi Ashizawa , Katsutoshi Itoyama , Kazuhiro Nakadai

Despite recent advances, object detection in aerial images is still a challenging task. Specific problems in aerial images makes the detection problem harder, such as small objects, densely packed objects, objects in different sizes and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-31 Onur Can Koyun , Reyhan Kevser Keser , İbrahim Batuhan Akkaya , Behçet Uğur Töreyin

Object tracking has been broadly applied in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) tasks in recent years. However, existing algorithms still face difficulties such as partial occlusion, clutter background, and other challenging visual factors.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Yujie He , Changhong Fu , Fuling Lin , Yiming Li , Peng Lu

Detection in large-scale scenes is a challenging problem due to small objects and extreme scale variation. It is essential to focus on the image regions of small objects. In this paper, we propose a novel Adaptive Zoom (AdaZoom) network as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-22 Jingtao Xu , Yali Li , Shengjin Wang

State-of-the-art object detection methods applied to satellite and drone imagery largely fail to identify small and dense objects. One reason is the high variability of content in the overhead imagery due to the terrestrial region captured…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Debojyoti Biswas , Jelena Tešić

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) detection and aerial object recognition are critical for modern surveillance and security, prompting a need for robust systems that overcome limitations of single-modality approaches. This research addresses…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Mauro Larrat , Claudomiro Sales

Efficient relocalization is essential for intelligent vehicles when GPS reception is insufficient or sensor-based localization fails. Recent advances in Bird's-Eye-View (BEV) segmentation allow for accurate estimation of local scene…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Andrea Boscolo Camiletto , Alfredo Bochicchio , Alexander Liniger , Dengxin Dai , Abel Gawel

As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) become more accessible with a growing range of applications, the potential risk of UAV disruption increases. Recent development in deep learning allows vision-based counter-UAV systems to detect and track…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-03 Daniel Organisciak , Matthew Poyser , Aishah Alsehaim , Shanfeng Hu , Brian K. S. Isaac-Medina , Toby P. Breckon , Hubert P. H. Shum

Drone-captured images present significant challenges in object detection due to varying shooting conditions, which can alter object appearance and shape. Factors such as drone altitude, angle, and weather cause these variations, influencing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Chanyeong Park , Heegwang Kim , Joonki Paik

Most recent UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) detectors focus primarily on general challenge such as uneven distribution and occlusion. However, the neglect of scale challenges, which encompass scale variation and small objects, continues to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Xuexue Li

An object detection pipeline comprises a camera that captures the scene and an object detector that processes these images. The quality of the images directly affects the performance of the object detector. Many works nowadays focus either…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-20 Leon Amadeus Varga , Sebastian Koch , Andreas Zell

Depth estimation is a cornerstone of perception in autonomous driving and robotic systems. The considerable cost and relatively sparse data acquisition of LiDAR systems have led to the exploration of cost-effective alternatives, notably,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Yucheng Mao , Ruowen Zhao , Tianbao Zhang , Hang Zhao

Vision-centric Bird's Eye View (BEV) perception holds considerable promise for autonomous driving. Recent studies have prioritized efficiency or accuracy enhancements, yet the issue of domain shift has been overlooked, leading to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Rongyu Zhang , Jiaming Liu , Xiaoqi Li , Xiaowei Chi , Dan Wang , Li Du , Yuan Du , Shanghang Zhang

Aerial object detection in UAV imagery presents unique challenges due to the high prevalence of tiny objects, adverse environmental conditions, and strict computational constraints. Standard YOLO-based detectors fail to address these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Yann V. Bellec

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has already demonstrated its potential in many civilian applications, and the fa\c{c}ade inspection is among the most promising ones. In this paper, we focus on enabling the autonomous perception and control of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-03 Yang Lyu , Muqing Cao , Shenghai Yuan , Lihua Xie

On-board 3D object detection in autonomous vehicles often relies on geometry information captured by LiDAR devices. Albeit image features are typically preferred for detection, numerous approaches take only spatial data as input. Exploiting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-10 Alejandro Barrera , Carlos Guindel , Jorge Beltrán , Fernando García

The detection of small objects in aerial images is a fundamental task in the field of computer vision. Moving objects in aerial photography have problems such as different shapes and sizes, dense overlap, occlusion by the background, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Haodong Li , Haicheng Qu

Visual detection of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is a critical task in surveillance systems due to their small physical size and environmental challenges. Although deep learning models have achieved significant progress, deploying them…

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