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In this work, we investigate the use of OpenStreetMap data for semantic labeling of Earth Observation images. Deep neural networks have been used in the past for remote sensing data classification from various sensors, including…

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Deploying depth estimation networks in the real world requires high-level robustness against various adverse conditions to ensure safe and reliable autonomy. For this purpose, many autonomous vehicles employ multi-modal sensor systems,…

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Robust navigation in urban environments has received a considerable amount of both academic and commercial interest over recent years. This is primarily due to large commercial organizations such as Google and Uber stepping into the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-06-26 Ryan M. Watson , Jason N. Gross

Environment mapping is an important computing task for a wide range of smart city applications, including autonomous navigation, wireless network operations and extended reality environments. Conventional smart city mapping techniques, such…

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Recent approaches in remote sensing have increasingly focused on multimodal data, driven by the growing availability of diverse earth observation datasets. Integrating complementary information from different modalities has shown…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-08 Hao Yu , Gen Li , Haoyu Liu , Songyan Zhu , Wenquan Dong , Changjian Li

The combination of data from multiple sensors, also known as sensor fusion or data fusion, is a key aspect in the design of autonomous robots. In particular, algorithms able to accommodate sensor fusion techniques enable increased accuracy,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-26 Li Qingqing , Jorge Peña Queralta , Tuan Nguyen Gia , Zhuo Zou , Tomi Westerlund

Driven by the complementary nature of optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images, SAR-optical image matching has garnered significant interest. Most existing SAR-optical image matching methods aim to capture effective matching…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Jingze Gai , Changchun Li

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image change detection is a critical yet challenging task in the field of remote sensing image analysis. The task is non-trivial due to the following challenges: Firstly, intrinsic speckle noise of SAR images…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-19 Yunhao Gao , Feng Gao , Junyu Dong , Qian Du , Heng-Chao Li

This paper presents a novel computational approach for evaluating urban metrics through density gradient analysis using multi-modal satellite imagery, with applications including public transport and other urban systems. By combining…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-16 P. Tomkiewicz , J. Jaworski , P. Zielonka , A. Wilinski

Significant differences in optical images and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images are caused by fundamental differences in the physical principles underlying their acquisition by Earth remote sensing platforms. These differences make…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Alexey Borisov , Evgeny Myasnikov , Vladislav Myasnikov

Map construction task plays a vital role in providing precise and comprehensive static environmental information essential for autonomous driving systems. Primary sensors include cameras and LiDAR, with configurations varying between…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Xiaoshuai Hao , Yunfeng Diao , Mengchuan Wei , Yifan Yang , Peng Hao , Rong Yin , Hui Zhang , Weiming Li , Shu Zhao , Yu Liu

Single-source remote sensing object detection using optical or SAR images struggles in complex environments. Optical images offer rich textural details but are often affected by low-light, cloud-obscured, or low-resolution conditions,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Chao Wang , Wei Lu , Xiang Li , Jian Yang , Lei Luo

Deep learning based semantic segmentation is one of the popular methods in remote sensing image segmentation. In this paper, a network based on the widely used encoderdecoder architecture is proposed to accomplish the synthetic aperture…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-03 Donghui Li , Jia Liu , Fang Liu , Wenhua Zhang , Andi Zhang , Wenfei Gao , Jiao Shi

There has recently been growing interest in utilizing multimodal sensors to achieve robust lane line segmentation. In this paper, we introduce a novel multimodal fusion architecture from an information theory perspective, and demonstrate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Zhenhong Zou , Xinyu Zhang , Huaping Liu , Zhiwei Li , Amir Hussain , Jun Li

Three-dimensional (3-D) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is widely used in many security and industrial applications requiring high-resolution imaging of concealed or occluded objects. The ability to resolve intricate 3-D targets is essential…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Josiah Smith , Murat Torlak

Developing effective path representations has become increasingly essential across various fields within intelligent transportation. Although pre-trained path representation learning models have shown improved performance, they…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Ronghui Xu , Hanyin Cheng , Chenjuan Guo , Hongfan Gao , Jilin Hu , Sean Bin Yang , Bin Yang

In this paper, we present a centralized framework for multi-session LiDAR mapping in urban environments, by utilizing lightweight line and plane map representations instead of widely used point clouds. The proposed framework achieves…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Zehuan Yu , Zhijian Qiao , Liuyang Qiu , Huan Yin , Shaojie Shen

Beyond the immediate biophysical benefits, urban trees play a foundational role in environmental sustainability and disaster mitigation. Precise mapping of urban trees is essential for environmental monitoring, post-disaster assessment, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-07 In Seon Kim , Ali Moghimi

The data fusion technology aims to aggregate the characteristics of different data and obtain products with multiple data advantages. To solves the problem of reduced resolution of PolSAR images due to system limitations, we propose a fully…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-20 Liupeng Lin , Jie Li , Huanfeng Shen , Lingli Zhao , Qiangqiang Yuan , Xinghua Li

Synthetic aperture radar has the ability to work 24/7 and 24/7, and has high application value. Propose a new SAR image matching algorithm based on multi class features, mainly using two different types of features: straight lines and…

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