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We introduce a novel deep learning method for detection of individual trees in urban environments using high-resolution multispectral aerial imagery. We use a convolutional neural network to regress a confidence map indicating the locations…

This research focuses on the development of a drone equipped with pruning tools and a stereo vision camera to accurately detect and measure the spatial positions of tree branches. YOLO is employed for branch segmentation, while two depth…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Yida Lin , Bing Xue , Mengjie Zhang , Sam Schofield , Richard Green

We propose a method for human pose estimation based on Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). The pose estimation is formulated as a DNN-based regression problem towards body joints. We present a cascade of such DNN regressors which results in high…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Alexander Toshev , Christian Szegedy

We propose an architecture for fine-grained visual categorization that approaches expert human performance in the classification of bird species. Our architecture first computes an estimate of the object's pose; this is used to compute…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-06-12 Steve Branson , Grant Van Horn , Serge Belongie , Pietro Perona

The global increase in observed forest dieback, characterised by the death of tree foliage, heralds widespread decline in forest ecosystems. This degradation causes significant changes to ecosystem services and functions, including habitat…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-13 M. J. Allen , D. Moreno-Fernández , P. Ruiz-Benito , S. W. D. Grieve , E. R. Lines

This paper presents an innovative deep learning pipeline which estimates the relative pose of a spacecraft by incorporating the temporal information from a rendezvous sequence. It leverages the performance of long short-term memory (LSTM)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Duarte Rondao , Nabil Aouf , Mark A. Richardson

The segmentation of individual trees from forest point clouds is a crucial task for downstream analyses such as carbon sequestration estimation. Recently, deep-learning-based methods have been proposed which show the potential of learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-06 Jonathan Henrich , Jan van Delden

We propose a novel tree classification system called Treelogy, that fuses deep representations with hand-crafted features obtained from leaf images to perform leaf-based plant classification. Key to this system are segmentation of the leaf…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-01-31 İlke Çuğu , Eren Şener , Çağrı Erciyes , Burak Balcı , Emre Akın , Itır Önal , Ahmet Oğuz Akyüz

Deep learning-based networks are among the most prominent methods to learn linear patterns and extract this type of information from diverse imagery conditions. Here, we propose a deep learning approach based on graphs to detect plantation…

Orchard automation has attracted the attention of researchers recently due to the shortage of global labor force. To automate tasks in orchards such as pruning, thinning, and harvesting, a detailed understanding of the tree structure is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Zijue Chen , Keenan Granland , Rhys Newbury , Chao Chen

For most industrial bin picking solutions, the pose of a workpiece is localized by matching a CAD model to point cloud obtained from 3D sensor. Distinguishing flat workpieces from bottom of the bin in point cloud imposes challenges in the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-10 Muhammad Usman Khalid , Janik M. Hager , Werner Kraus , Marco F. Huber , Marc Toussaint

Edge detection is a critical component of many vision systems, including object detectors and image segmentation algorithms. Patches of edges exhibit well-known forms of local structure, such as straight lines or T-junctions. In this paper…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-11-26 Piotr Dollár , C. Lawrence Zitnick

This research advances individual tree crown (ITC) segmentation in lidar data, using a deep learning model applicable to various laser scanning types: airborne (ULS), terrestrial (TLS), and mobile (MLS). It addresses the challenge of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Maciej Wielgosz , Stefano Puliti , Binbin Xiang , Konrad Schindler , Rasmus Astrup

Fine-scale forest monitoring is essential for understanding canopy structure and its dynamics, which are key indicators of carbon stocks, biodiversity, and forest health. Deep learning is particularly effective for this task, as it…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Ekaterina Kalinicheva , Florian Helen , Stéphane Mermoz , Florian Mouret , Milena Planells

We introduce an architecture for large-scale image categorization that enables the end-to-end learning of separate visual features for the different classes to distinguish. The proposed model consists of a deep CNN shaped like a tree. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-31 Karim Ahmed , Lorenzo Torresani

We present a novel graph-based approach for labeling the anatomical branches of a given airway tree segmentation. The proposed method formulates airway labeling as a branch classification problem in the airway tree graph, where branch…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-13 Weiyi Xie , Colin Jacobs , Jean-Paul Charbonnier , Bram van Ginneken

PURPOSE: This study aimed to develop a deep learning-based tool to detect and localize lung nodules with chest radiographs(CXRs). We expected it to enhance the efficiency of interpreting CXRs and reduce the possibilities of delayed…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-14 Yang Tai , Yu-Wen Fang , Fang-Yi Su , Jung-Hsien Chiang

Point cloud analysis is an area of increasing interest due to the development of 3D sensors that are able to rapidly measure the depth of scenes accurately. Unfortunately, applying deep learning techniques to perform point cloud analysis is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Junming Zhang , Ming-Yuan Yu , Ram Vasudevan , Matthew Johnson-Roberson

Automatic classification of trees using remotely sensed data has been a dream of many scientists and land use managers. Recently, Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has been expected to be an easy-to-use, cost-effective tool for remote sensing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-30 Masanori Onishi , Takeshi Ise

Deep learning models have achieved remarkable success across various domains, yet their learned representations and decision-making processes remain largely opaque and hard to interpret. This work introduces HOLE (Homological Observation of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Sudhanva Manjunath Athreya , Paul Rosen