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In this work we present a method for performance evaluation of stereo vision based obstacle detection techniques that takes into account the specifics of road situation analysis to minimize the effort required to prepare a test dataset.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-04 A. A. Smagina , D. A. Shepelev , E. I. Ershov , A. S. Grigoryev

Small targets are often submerged in cluttered backgrounds of infrared images. Conventional detectors tend to generate false alarms, while CNN-based detectors lose small targets in deep layers. To this end, we propose iSmallNet, a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-30 Zhiheng Hu , Yongzhen Wang , Peng Li , Jie Qin , Haoran Xie , Mingqiang Wei

Augmented and virtual reality is being deployed in different fields of applications. Such applications might involve accessing or processing critical and sensitive information, which requires strict and continuous access control. Given that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-23 Fadi Boutros , Naser Damer , Kiran Raja , Raghavendra Ramachandra , Florian Kirchbuchner , Arjan Kuijper

In complex environments, detecting tiny infrared targets has always been challenging because of the low contrast and high noise levels inherent in infrared images. These factors often lead to the loss of crucial details during feature…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Xiaojin Lu , Taoran yue , Jiaxi cai , Yuanping Chen , Cuihong Lv , Shibing Chu

Illumination estimation is the essential step of computational color constancy, one of the core parts of various image processing pipelines of modern digital cameras. Having an accurate and reliable illumination estimation is important for…

Augmented and Mixed Reality are emerging as likely successors to the mobile internet. However, many technical challenges remain. One of the key requirements of these systems is the ability to create a continuity between physical and virtual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-18 Scott Y. L. Chin , Bradley R. Quinton

In recent years, significant advancements have been made in deep learning-based object detection algorithms, revolutionizing basic computer vision tasks, notably in object detection, tracking, and segmentation. This paper delves into the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Kailas PS , Selvakumaran R , Palani Murugan , Ramesh Kumar , Malaya Kumar Biswal M

Infrared Small Target Detection is a challenging task to separate small targets from infrared clutter background. Recently, deep learning paradigms have achieved promising results. However, these data-driven methods need plenty of manual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Haoqing Li , Jinfu Yang , Yifei Xu , Runshi Wang

Infrared small target detection (ISTD) is critical in both civilian and military applications. However, the limited texture and structural information in infrared images makes accurate detection particularly challenging. Although recent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Xingye Cui , Junhai Luo , Jiakun Deng , Kexuan Li , Xiangyu Qiu , Zhenming Peng

Object detection is a critical field in computer vision focusing on accurately identifying and locating specific objects in images or videos. Traditional methods for object detection rely on large labeled training datasets for each object…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Vishal Chudasama , Hiran Sarkar , Pankaj Wasnik , Vineeth N Balasubramanian , Jayateja Kalla

Object detectors are vital to many modern computer vision applications. However, even state-of-the-art object detectors are not perfect. On two images that look similar to human eyes, the same detector can make different predictions because…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-29 Caleb Tung , Abhinav Goel , Fischer Bordwell , Nick Eliopoulos , Xiao Hu , George K. Thiruvathukal , Yung-Hsiang Lu

Underwater robot perception is crucial in scientific subsea exploration and commercial operations. The key challenges include non-uniform lighting and poor visibility in turbid environments. High-frequency forward-look sonar cameras address…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-16 Hitesh Kyatham , Shahriar Negahdaripour , Michael Xu , Xiaomin Lin , Miao Yu , Yiannis Aloimonos

Reliable pedestrian detection represents a crucial step towards automated driving systems. However, the current performance benchmarks exhibit weaknesses. The currently applied metrics for various subsets of a validation dataset prohibit a…

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Searching for small objects in large images is a task that is both challenging for current deep learning systems and important in numerous real-world applications, such as remote sensing and medical imaging. Thorough scanning of very large…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-16 Nathan Drenkow , Philippe Burlina , Neil Fendley , Onyekachi Odoemene , Jared Markowitz

Urban-oriented autonomous vehicles require a reliable perception technology to tackle the high amount of uncertainties. The recently introduced compact 3D LIDAR sensor offers a surround spatial information that can be exploited to enhance…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Achim Kampker , Mohsen Sefati , Arya Abdul Rachman , Kai Kreisköther , Pascual Campoy

While deep learning-based general object detection has made significant strides in recent years, the effectiveness and efficiency of small object detection remain unsatisfactory. This is primarily attributed not only to the limited…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Zile Huang , Chong Zhang , Mingyu Jin , Fangyu Wu , Chengzhi Liu , Xiaobo Jin

Space-based infrared tiny ship detection aims at separating tiny ships from the images captured by earth orbiting satellites. Due to the extremely large image coverage area (e.g., thousands square kilometers), candidate targets in these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-08 Tianhao Wu , Boyang Li , Yihang Luo , Yingqian Wang , Chao Xiao , Ting Liu , Jungang Yang , Wei An , Yulan Guo

The field of time series anomaly detection is constantly advancing, with several methods available, making it a challenge to determine the most appropriate method for a specific domain. The evaluation of these methods is facilitated by the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-03 Sondre Sørbø , Massimiliano Ruocco

Anomaly detection methods have demonstrated remarkable success across various applications. However, assessing their performance, particularly at the pixel-level, presents a complex challenge due to the severe imbalance that is most…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Mehdi Rafiei , Toby P. Breckon , Alexandros Iosifidis

The exploration of complex physical or technological processes usually requires exploiting available information from different sources: (i) physical laws often represented as a family of parameter dependent partial differential equations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-04 Albert Cohen , Wolfgang Dahmen , Ron DeVore