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Millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar is widely used in vehicles for applications such as adaptive cruise control and collision avoidance. In this paper, we propose an IEEE 802.11ad-based radar for long-range radar (LRR) applications at the 60 GHz…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-21 Preeti Kumari , Junil Choi , Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic , Robert W. Heath

Detecting carried objects is one of the requirements for developing systems to reason about activities involving people and objects. We present an approach to detect carried objects from a single video frame with a novel method that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-12 Farnoosh Ghadiri , Robert Bergevin , Guillaume-Alexandre Bilodeau

The aviation and transport security industries face the challenge of screening high volumes of baggage for threats and contraband in the minimum time possible. Automation and semi-automation of this procedure offers the potential to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-06 Anthony Bagnall , Paul Southam , James Large , Richard Harvey

Non-intrusive inspection systems based on X-ray radiography techniques are routinely used at transport hubs to ensure the conformity of cargo content with the supplied shipping manifest. As trade volumes increase and regulations become more…

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Recent terrorist attacks in major cities around the world have brought many casualties among innocent citizens. One potential threat is represented by abandoned luggage items (that could contain bombs or biological warfare) in public areas.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-18 Sorina Smeureanu , Radu Tudor Ionescu

Image sensors have been explored heavily in automotive applications for collision avoidance and varying levels of autonomy. It requires a degree of brightness, therefore, the use of an image sensor in nighttime operation or dark conditions…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-04-16 Joseph St. Cyr , Joshua Vanderpool , Yu Chen , Xiaohua Li

Drones have proven to be useful in many industry segments such as security and surveillance, where e.g. on-board real-time object tracking is a necessity for autonomous flying guards. Tracking and following suspicious objects is therefore…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Maarten Vandersteegen , Kristof Vanbeeck , Toon goedeme

There has been a rapid growth in the deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in various applications ranging from vital safety-of-life such as surveillance and reconnaissance at nuclear power plants to entertainment and hobby…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-09 Alireza Famili , Angelos Stavrou , Haining Wang , Jung-Min , Park , Ryan Gerdes

For widespread adoption, public security and surveillance systems must be accurate, portable, compact, and real-time, without impeding the privacy of the individuals being observed. Current systems broadly fall into two categories --…

We demonstrate an imageless method of concealed contraband detection using a real-time 75 GHz rotationally dynamic antenna array. The array measures information in the two-dimensional Fourier domain and captures a set of samples that is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-23 Daniel Chen , Anton Schlegel , Jeffrey A. Nanzer

Object detection has recently seen an interesting trend in terms of the most innovative research work, this task being of particular importance in the field of remote sensing, given the consistency of these images in terms of geographical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Anasse Boutayeb , Iyad Lahsen-cherif , Ahmed El Khadimi

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

Radar-based materials detection received significant attention in recent years for its potential inclusion in consumer and industrial applications like object recognition for grasping and manufacturing quality assurance and control. Several…

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A remote-sensing system that can determine the position of hidden objects has applications in many critical real-life scenarios, such as search and rescue missions and safe autonomous driving. Previous work has shown the ability to range…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-08 Susan Chan , Ryan E. Warburton , Genevieve Gariepy , Jonathan Leach , Daniele Faccio

High-resolution radar sensors are able to resolve multiple detections per object and therefore provide valuable information for vehicle environment perception. For instance, multiple detections allow to infer the size of an object or to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-29 Alexander Scheel , Klaus Dietmayer

Sensor fusion is crucial for an accurate and robust perception system on autonomous vehicles. Most existing datasets and perception solutions focus on fusing cameras and LiDAR. However, the collaboration between camera and radar is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-20 Yizhou Wang , Jen-Hao Cheng , Jui-Te Huang , Sheng-Yao Kuan , Qiqian Fu , Chiming Ni , Shengyu Hao , Gaoang Wang , Guanbin Xing , Hui Liu , Jenq-Neng Hwang

Modern radar systems are designed to have high Doppler tolerance to detect fast-moving targets. This means range and Doppler estimations are inevitably coupled, opening pathways to concealing objects by imprinting artificial Doppler…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-17 V. Kozlov , D. Vovchuk , P. Ginzburg

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar has emerged as a compact and powerful sensing modality for advanced perception tasks that leverage machine learning. It is particularly effective in scenarios where vision-based sensors fail to capture…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-17 Stefan Hägele , Adam Misik , Eckehard Steinbach

Robotic arms are widely used in automatic industries. However, with wide applications of deep learning in robotic arms, there are new challenges such as the allocation of grasping computing power and the growing demand for security. In this…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Hui Wang , Jieren Cheng , Yichen Xu , Sirui Ni , Zaijia Yang , Jiangpeng Li

Target detection is a fundamental task in radar sensing, serving as the precursor to any further processing for various applications. Numerous detection algorithms have been proposed. Classical methods based on signal processing, e.g., the…

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