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Ship detection using high-resolution remote sensing images is an important task, which contribute to sea surface regulation. The complex background and special visual angle make ship detection relies in high quality datasets to a certain…

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The paper proposes a low-cost system to capture spatial vehicle headway data and process the raw data by filtering outliers using a novel filtering process. Multiple sensors and modules are integrated to form the system. The sensors used…

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The increasing penetration rate of new energy in the power system has put forward higher requirements for the operation and maintenance of substations and transmission lines. Using the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to identify foreign…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-16 He Zhichao , Shen Xiangyu , Zhang Yong , Xie Nan

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) offers a unique capability for all-weather, space-based maritime activity monitoring by capturing and imaging strong reflections from ships at sea. A well-defined challenge in this domain is ship type…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Benyamin Hosseiny , Kamirul Kamirul , Odysseas Pappas , Alin Achim

Depth sensing is useful in a variety of applications that range from augmented reality to robotics. Time-of-flight (TOF) cameras are appealing because they obtain dense depth measurements with minimal latency. However, for many…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-27 James Noraky , Vivienne Sze

Computing at the edge offers intriguing possibilities for the development of autonomy and artificial intelligence. The advancements in autonomous technologies and the resurgence of computer vision have led to a rise in demand for fast and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-23 Martina Lofqvist , José Cano

In this paper, we revisit the problem of classifying ships (maritime vessels) detected from overhead imagery. Despite the last decade of research on this very important and pertinent problem, it remains largely unsolved. One of the major…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-13 Chris M. Ward , Josh Harguess , Cameron Hilton

This paper studies a practically meaningful ship detection problem from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images by the neural network. We broadly extract different types of SAR image features and raise the intriguing question that whether…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-30 Yuwen Deng , Donghai Guan , Yanyu Chen , Weiwei Yuan , Jiemin Ji , Mingqiang Wei

Recent advancements in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ship detection using deep learning have significantly improved accuracy and speed, yet effectively detecting small objects in complex backgrounds with fewer parameters remains a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Hongyu Chen , Chengcheng Chen , Fei Wang , Yuhu Shi , Weiming Zeng

Navigation and trajectorial estimation of maritime vessels are contingent upon the context of positional accuracy. Even the smallest deviations in the estimation of a given vessel may result in detrimental consequences in terms of economic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-09 Atilla Alpay Nalcaci , Fidan Mehmeti , Wolfgang Kellerer , Florian Schiegg

DL based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ship detection has tremendous advantages in numerous areas. However, it still faces some problems, such as the lack of prior knowledge, which seriously affects detection accuracy. In order to solve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Han Ke , Xiao Ke , Ye Yan , Rui Liu , Jinpeng Yang , Tianwen Zhang , Xu Zhan , Xiaowo Xu

This paper presents an Internet of Things (IoT) application that utilizes an AI classifier for fast-object detection using the frame difference method. This method, with its shorter duration, is the most efficient and suitable for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Mas Nurul Achmadiah , Afaroj Ahamad , Chi-Chia Sun , Wen-Kai Kuo

Marine debris detection for ocean robot is crucial for ecological protection, yet performance is often degraded by low-quality images with blur, complex backgrounds, and small targets. To address these challenges, we propose YOLO-MD, an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Yuyang Li , Jiashu Han , Yinyi Lai , Wenbin Kang , Zenghui Liu

Underwater robot interventions require a high level of safety and reliability. A major challenge to address is a robust and accurate acquisition of localization estimates, as it is a prerequisite to enable more complex tasks, e.g. floating…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-06-13 Arturo Gomez Chavez , Qingwen Xu , Christian A. Mueller , Sören Schwertfeger , Andreas Birk

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is considered being a good option for earth observation with its unique advantages. In this paper, we proposed an adaptive ship detector using full-polarization SAR images. First, by thoroughly investigating…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-08 Chuan Zhang , Gui Gao , Linlin Zhang , C. Chen , S. Gao , Libo Yao , Shiquan Gou

Traditional sea exploration faces significant challenges due to extreme conditions, limited visibility, and high costs, resulting in vast unexplored ocean regions. This paper presents an innovative AI-powered Autonomous Underwater Vehicle…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Hamad Almazrouei , Mariam Al Nasseri , Maha Alzaabi

The increasing integration of sensors in autonomous maritime navigation has led to large-scale multimodal datasets, raising challenges in achieving efficient real-time perception. In such systems, object detection and trajectory perception…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Grigorios Papanikolaou , Ioannis Kontopoulos , Giannis Spiliopoulos , Dimitris Zissis , Konstantinos Tserpes

This letter presents an effective method for assessing the feasibility of detecting ocean ships using spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The technique employs the minimum detectable radar cross-section criterion under specified…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-18 Anatolii Kononov

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are known for their fast and versatile applicability. With UAVs' growth in availability and applications, they are now of vital importance in serving as technological support in search-and-rescue(SAR)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Xiaomin Lin , Cheng Liu , Allen Pattillo , Miao Yu , Yiannis Aloimonous

With the rapid advancement of deep learning, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery has become a key modality for ship detection. However, robust performance remains challenging in complex scenes, where clutter and speckle noise can induce…

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