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Multi-modal image fusion (MMIF) maps useful information from various modalities into the same representation space, thereby producing an informative fused image. However, the existing fusion algorithms tend to symmetrically fuse the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-12 Jingxue Huang , Xilai Li , Tianshu Tan , Xiaosong Li , Tao Ye

Large-scale deployment of autonomous vehicles has been continually delayed due to safety concerns. On the one hand, comprehensive scene understanding is indispensable, a lack of which would result in vulnerability to rare but complex…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Hao Shao , Letian Wang , RuoBing Chen , Hongsheng Li , Yu Liu

In the domain of intelligent transportation systems (ITS), collaborative perception has emerged as a promising approach to overcome the limitations of individual perception by enabling multiple agents to exchange information, thus enhancing…

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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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Fusion-based place recognition is an emerging technique jointly utilizing multi-modal perception data, to recognize previously visited places in GPS-denied scenarios for robots and autonomous vehicles. Recent fusion-based place recognition…

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Cross-modality fusing complementary information of multispectral remote sensing image pairs can improve the perception ability of detection algorithms, making them more robust and reliable for a wider range of applications, such as…

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In autonomous driving, transparency in the decision-making of perception models is critical, as even a single misperception can be catastrophic. Yet with multi-sensor inputs, it is difficult to determine how each modality contributes to a…

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Enhancing low-light traffic images is crucial for reliable perception in autonomous driving, intelligent transportation, and urban surveillance systems. Nighttime and dimly lit traffic scenes often suffer from poor visibility due to low…

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Multi-modality data is becoming readily available in remote sensing (RS) and can provide complementary information about the Earth's surface. Effective fusion of multi-modal information is thus important for various applications in RS, but…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-27 Qinghui Liu , Michael Kampffmeyer , Robert Jenssen , Arnt-Børre Salberg

Infrared and visible image fusion is a powerful technique that combines complementary information from different modalities for downstream semantic perception tasks. Existing learning-based methods show remarkable performance, but are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-09 Zhu Liu , Jinyuan Liu , Benzhuang Zhang , Long Ma , Xin Fan , Risheng Liu

Multispectral image pairs can provide the combined information, making object detection applications more reliable and robust in the open world. To fully exploit the different modalities, we present a simple yet effective cross-modality…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-05 Fang Qingyun , Han Dapeng , Wang Zhaokui

Traffic object detection under variable illumination is challenging due to the information loss caused by the limited dynamic range of conventional frame-based cameras. To address this issue, we introduce bio-inspired event cameras and…

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In recent years, multi-modal fusion has attracted a lot of research interest, both in academia, and in industry. Multimodal fusion entails the combination of information from a set of different types of sensors. Exploiting complementary…

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Place recognition is one of the most crucial modules for autonomous vehicles to identify places that were previously visited in GPS-invalid environments. Sensor fusion is considered an effective method to overcome the weaknesses of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-02 Zijie Zhou , Jingyi Xu , Guangming Xiong , Junyi Ma

The perception of autonomous vehicles has to be efficient, robust, and cost-effective. However, cameras are not robust against severe weather conditions, lidar sensors are expensive, and the performance of radar-based perception is still…

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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

Multi-sensor fusion in autonomous vehicles is becoming more common to offer a more robust alternative for several perception tasks. This need arises from the unique contribution of each sensor in collecting data: camera-radar fusion offers…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Ruan Bispo , Tim Brophy , Reenu Mohandas , Anthony Scanlan , Ciarán Eising

Effective feature fusion of multispectral images plays a crucial role in multi-spectral object detection. Previous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of feature fusion using convolutional neural networks, but these methods are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-16 Jifeng Shen , Yifei Chen , Yue Liu , Xin Zuo , Heng Fan , Wankou Yang

Trajectory prediction is a fundamental problem and challenge for autonomous vehicles. Early works mainly focused on designing complicated architectures for deep-learning-based prediction models in normal-illumination environments, which…

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