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In this paper, we present a subsystem, using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), for search and rescue missions, focusing on people detection, face recognition and tracking of identified individuals. The proposed solution integrates a UAV with…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-25 Luka Šiktar , Branimir Ćaran , Bojan Šekoranja , Marko Švaco

Objective: This paper describes the development of hybrid artificial intelligence strategies for drone navigation. Methods: The navigation module combines a deep learning model with a rule-based engine depending on the agent state. The deep…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Rubén San-Segundo , Lucía Angulo , Manuel Gil-Martín , David Carramiñana , Ana M. Bernardos

Learning contextual and spatial environmental representations enhances autonomous vehicle's hazard anticipation and decision-making in complex scenarios. Recent perception systems enhance spatial understanding with sensor fusion but often…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Shoaib Azam , Farzeen Munir , Ville Kyrki , Moongu Jeon , Witold Pedrycz

Human detection in videos plays an important role in various real-life applications. Most traditional approaches depend on utilizing handcrafted features, which are problem-dependent and optimal for specific tasks. Moreover, they are highly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Nouar AlDahoul , Aznul Qalid Md Sabri , Ali Mohammed Mansoor

Radars, due to their robustness to adverse weather conditions and ability to measure object motions, have served in autonomous driving and intelligent agents for years. However, Radar-based perception suffers from its unintuitive sensing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Liu Liu , Shuaifeng Zhi , Zhenhua Du , Li Liu , Xinyu Zhang , Kai Huo , Weidong Jiang

Camouflaged Object Detection (COD), the task of identifying objects concealed within their environments, has seen rapid growth due to its wide range of practical applications. A key step toward developing trustworthy COD systems is the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-17 Ziyue Yang , Kehan Wang , Yuhang Ming , Yong Peng , Han Yang , Qiong Chen , Wanzeng Kong

Drones are vital for urban emergency search and rescue (SAR) due to the challenges of navigating dynamic environments with obstacles like buildings and wind. This paper presents a method that combines multi-objective reinforcement learning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-16 Jiaohao Wu , Yang Ye , Jing Du

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are of crucial importance in search and rescue missions in maritime environments due to their flexible and fast operation capabilities. Modern computer vision algorithms are of great interest in aiding such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-20 Leon Amadeus Varga , Benjamin Kiefer , Martin Messmer , Andreas Zell

This work presents a probabilistic deep neural network that combines LiDAR point clouds and RGB camera images for robust, accurate 3D object detection. We explicitly model uncertainties in the classification and regression tasks, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-04 Di Feng , Yifan Cao , Lars Rosenbaum , Fabian Timm , Klaus Dietmayer

The increasing adoption of human-robot interaction presents opportunities for technology to positively impact lives, particularly those with visual impairments, through applications such as guide-dog-like assistive robotics. We present a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Adam Scicluna , Cedric Le Gentil , Sheila Sutjipto , Gavin Paul

With the rapid development of intelligent vehicles and Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS), a new trend is that mixed levels of human driver engagements will be involved in the transportation system. Therefore, necessary visual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-09 Yongkang Liu , Ziran Wang , Kyungtae Han , Zhenyu Shou , Prashant Tiwari , John H. L. Hansen

Modern computer vision applications rely on learning-based perception modules parameterized with neural networks for tasks like object detection. These modules frequently have low expected error overall but high error on atypical groups of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-22 Cinjon Resnick , Or Litany , Amlan Kar , Karsten Kreis , James Lucas , Kyunghyun Cho , Sanja Fidler

Drowsy driving represents a major contributor to traffic accidents, and the implementation of driver drowsy driving detection systems has been proven to significantly reduce the occurrence of such accidents. Despite the development of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Shulei QU , Zhenguo Gao , Xiaoxiao Wu , Yuanyuan Qiu

Complex systems such as aircraft engines are continuously monitored by sensors. In predictive aircraft maintenance, the collected sensor measurements are used to estimate the health condition and the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Diogo Landau , Ingeborg de Pater , Mihaela Mitici , Nishant Saurabh

This paper explores the process of designing an automatic multi-sensor drone detection system. Besides the common video and audio sensors, the system also includes a thermal infrared camera, which is shown to be a feasible solution to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Fredrik Svanstrom , Cristofer Englund , Fernando Alonso-Fernandez

The proliferation of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has raised significant safety concerns due to their potential misuse in activities such as espionage, smuggling, and infrastructure disruption. This paper addresses the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-08 Stefan Glüge , Matthias Nyfeler , Ahmad Aghaebrahimian , Nicola Ramagnano , Christof Schüpbach

We aim to detect and identify multiple objects using multiple cameras and computer vision for disaster response drones. The major challenges are taming detection errors, resolving ID switching and fragmentation, adapting to multi-scale…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-06 Chongkeun Paik , Hyunwoo J. Kim

In recent years, drone detection has quickly become a subject of extreme interest: the potential for fast-moving objects of contained dimensions to be used for malicious intents or even terrorist attacks has posed attention to the necessity…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Gabriele Magrini , Federico Becattini , Pietro Pala , Alberto Del Bimbo , Antonio Porta

Multi-object tracking (MOT) is a crucial component of situational awareness in military defense applications. With the growing use of unmanned aerial systems (UASs), MOT methods for aerial surveillance is in high demand. Application of MOT…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Wanlin Xie , Jaime Ide , Daniel Izadi , Sean Banger , Thayne Walker , Ryan Ceresani , Dylan Spagnuolo , Christopher Guagliano , Henry Diaz , Jason Twedt

The growing need for video surveillance in public spaces has created a demand for systems that can track individuals across multiple cameras feeds in real-time. While existing tracking systems have achieved impressive performance using deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-26 Vipin Gautam , Shitala Prasad , Sharad Sinha