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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are gaining popularity in civil and military applications. However, uncontrolled access to restricted areas threatens privacy and security. Thus, prevention and detection of UAVs are pivotal to guarantee…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Jakub Mandula , Jonas Kühne , Luca Pascarella , Michele Magno

The unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) or mini-drones equipped with sensors are becoming increasingly popular for various commercial, industrial, and public-safety applications. However, drones with uncontrolled deployment poses challenges for…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-10-09 Zeeshan Kaleem , Mubashir Husain Rehmani

As drones become increasingly prevalent in human life, they also raises security concerns such as unauthorized access and control, as well as collisions and interference with manned aircraft. Therefore, ensuring the ability to accurately…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-29 Zixiao Zhao , Qinghe Du , Xiang Yao , Lei Lu , Shijiao Zhang

The use of small and remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, has increased in recent years. This goes in parallel with misuse episodes, with an evident threat to the safety of people or facilities. As a result, the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-04 Fredrik Svanström , Fernando Alonso-Fernandez , Cristofer Englund

Safety and security issues for Critical Infrastructures are growing as attackers adopt drones as an attack vector flying in sensitive airspaces, such as airports, military bases, city centers, and crowded places. Despite the use of UAVs for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-16 Domenico Lofù , Pietro Di Gennaro , Pietro Tedeschi , Tommaso Di Noia , Eugenio Di Sciascio

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones are being introduced in a wide range of commercial applications. This has also made them prime targets of attackers who compromise their fundamental security properties, including confidentiality,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Sonali Rout , Vireshwar Kumar

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), often referred to as drones, have been experiencing healthy growth in the United States and around the world. The positive uses of UAS have the potential to save lives,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-03 Jian Wang , Yongxin Liu , Houbing Song

Small drones are an increasing threat to both military personnel and civilian infrastructure, making early and automated detection crucial. In this work we develop a system that uses spiking neural networks and neuromorphic cameras (event…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Anton Eldeborg Lundin , Rasmus Winzell , Hanna Hamrell , David Gustafsson , Hannes Ovrén

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are indispensable for infrastructure inspection, surveillance, and related tasks, yet they also introduce critical security challenges. This survey provides a wide-ranging examination of the anti-UAV domain,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Yifei Dong , Fengyi Wu , Sanjian Zhang , Guangyu Chen , Yuzhi Hu , Masumi Yano , Jingdong Sun , Siyu Huang , Feng Liu , Qi Dai , Zhi-Qi Cheng

In this study, we propose an innovative method for the real-time detection of GPS spoofing attacks targeting drones, based on the video stream captured by a drone's camera. The proposed method collects frames from the video stream and their…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-04 Barak Davidovich , Ben Nassi , Yuval Elovici

The diffusion of drones presents significant security and safety challenges. Traditional surveillance systems, particularly conventional frame-based cameras, struggle to reliably detect these targets due to their small size, high agility,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Gabriele Magrini , Lorenzo Berlincioni , Luca Cultrera , Federico Becattini , Pietro Pala

Owing to small size, sensing capabilities and autonomous nature, the Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) have enormous applications in various areas, e.g., remote sensing, navigation, archaeology, journalism, environmental science, and…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-04 Zahoor Uddin , Muhammad Altaf , Muhammad Bilal , Lewis Nkenyereye , Ali Kashif Bashir

The robot market has been growing significantly and is expected to become 1.5 times larger in 2024 than what it was in 2019. Robots have attracted attention of security companies thanks to their mobility. These days, for security robots,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-16 Harim Lee , Myeung Un Kim , Yeongjun Kim , Hyeonsu Lyu , Hyun Jong Yang

The ubiquity of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones is posing both security and safety risks to the public as UAVs are now used for cybercrimes. To mitigate these risks, it is important to have a system that can detect or identify the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-13 Olusiji O Medaiyese , Martins Ezuma , Adrian P Lauf , Ayodeji A Adeniran

Commercial UAVs are an emerging security threat as they are capable of carrying hazardous payloads or disrupting air traffic. To counter UAVs, we introduce an autonomous 3D target encirclement and interception strategy. Unlike traditional…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Fen Liu , Shenghai Yuan , Thien-Minh Nguyen , Rong Su

As airborne vehicles are becoming more autonomous and ubiquitous, it has become vital to develop the capability to detect the objects in their surroundings. This paper attempts to address the problem of drones detection from other flying…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Muhammad Waseem Ashraf , Waqas Sultani , Mubarak Shah

Drone detection is a challenging object detection task where visibility conditions and quality of the images may be unfavorable, and detections might become difficult due to complex backgrounds, small visible objects, and hard to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Ogulcan Eryuksel , Kamil Anil Ozfuttu , Fatih Cagatay Akyon , Kadir Sahin , Efe Buyukborekci , Devrim Cavusoglu , Sinan Altinuc

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

Drones are not fully trusted yet. Their reliance on radios and cameras for navigation raises safety and privacy concerns. These systems can fail, causing accidents, or be misused for unauthorized recordings. Considering recent regulations…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Ricardo Ampudia Hernández , Talia Xu , Yanqiu Huang , Marco A. Zúñiga Zamalloa

The technological advance of drone technology has augmented the existing capabilities of flying vehicles rendering them a valuable asset of the modern society. As more drones are expected to occupy the airspace in the near future,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Evangelos Mantas , Constantinos Patsakis