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With the rapid growth of the low-altitude economy, UAVs have become crucial for measurement and tracking in patrol systems. However, in GNSS-denied areas, satellite-based localization methods are prone to failure. This paper presents a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Tao Liu , Kan Ren , Qian Chen

Recent advances in cross-view geo-localization (CVGL) methods have shown strong potential for supporting unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation in GNSS-denied environments. However, existing work predominantly focuses on matching UAV…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Kejia Liu , Haoyang Zhou , Ruoyu Xu , Peicheng Wang , Mingli Song , Haofei Zhang

The capabilities of autonomous flight with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have significantly increased in recent times. However, basic problems such as fast and robust geo-localization in GPS-denied environments still remain unsolved.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Shuxiao Chen , Xiangyu Wu , Mark W. Mueller , Koushil Sreenath

Localization of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) relies heavily on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), which are susceptible to interference. Especially in security applications, robust localization algorithms independent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Jouko Kinnari , Riccardo Renzulli , Francesco Verdoja , Ville Kyrki

Cross-View Geo-Localization (CVGL) between UAV imagery and satellite images plays a crucial role in target localization and UAV self-positioning. However, most existing methods rely on the idealized assumption of scale consistency between…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Yibin Ye , Shuo Chen , Kun Wang , Xiaokai Song , Jisheng Dang , Qifeng Yu , Xichao Teng , Zhang Li

This paper proposes a strategy for efficient geometrical verification in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) image matching. First, considering the complex transformation model between correspondence set in the image-space, feature points of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-15 San Jiang , Wanshou Jiang

Localization is one of the most crucial tasks for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle systems (UAVs) directly impacting overall performance, which can be achieved with various sensors and applied to numerous tasks related to search and rescue…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Thanh Nguyen Canh , Huy-Hoang Ngo , Xiem HoangVan , Nak Young Chong

The global positioning system (GPS) has become an indispensable navigation method for field operations with unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in marine environments. However, GPS may not always be available outdoors because it is vulnerable…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Cross-View Geo-Localization (CVGL) presents significant challenges due to the view discrepancy between oblique UAV images and overhead satellite images. Existing methods heavily rely on the supervision of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-25 Haoyuan Li , Chang Xu , Wen Yang , Li Mi , Huai Yu , Haijian Zhang

Considering the accelerated development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) applications in both industrial and research scenarios, there is an increasing need for localizing these aerial systems in non-urban environments, using GNSS-Free,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-19 Marius-Mihail Gurgu , Jorge Peña Queralta , Tomi Westerlund

Localization without Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) is a critical functionality in autonomous operations of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Vision-based localization on a known map can be an effective solution, but it is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Jouko Kinnari , Francesco Verdoja , Ville Kyrki

With the expanding application scope of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the demand for stable UAV control has significantly increased. However, in complex environments, GPS signals are prone to interference, resulting in ineffective UAV…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Mingkun Li , Ziming Wang , Guang Huo , Wei Chen , Xiaoning Zhao

This paper investigates the localization problem of high-speed high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a monocular camera and inertial navigation system. It proposes a navigation method utilizing the complementarity of vision and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-13 Xin-long Luo , Jia-hui Lv , Geng Sun

This paper addresses the task of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) visual geo-localization, which aims to match images of the same geographic target taken by different platforms, i.e., UAVs and satellites. In general, the key to achieving…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-20 Shishen Li , Cuiwei Liu , Huaijun Qiu , Zhaokui Li

Research in the field of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has significantly advanced in recent years, mainly due to their relevance in a large variety of commercial, industrial, and military applications. However, UAV navigation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-03 Akkas Haque , Ahmed Elsaharti , Tarek Elderini , Mohamed Atef Elsaharty , Jeremiah Neubert

Cross-view geo-localization for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) operating in GNSS-denied environments remains challenging due to the severe geometric discrepancy between oblique UAV imagery and orthogonal satellite maps. Most existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Haoyuan Li , Wen Yang , Fang Xu , Hong Tan , Haijian Zhang , Shengyang Li , Gui-Song Xia

Object detection in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing images poses significant challenges due to unstable image quality, small object sizes, complex backgrounds, and environmental occlusions. Small objects, in particular, occupy…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-23 Xudong Wang , Yaxin Peng , Chaomin Shen

Robust and accurate localization for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is an essential capability to achieve autonomous, long-range flights. Current methods either rely heavily on GNSS, face limitations in visual-based localization due to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Yao He , Ivan Cisneros , Nikhil Keetha , Jay Patrikar , Zelin Ye , Ian Higgins , Yaoyu Hu , Parv Kapoor , Sebastian Scherer

Navigation and localization of UAVs present a challenge when global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) are disrupted and unreliable. Traditional techniques, such as simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and visual odometry (VO),…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-13 Haoling Li , Jiuniu Wang , Zhiwei Wei , Wenjia Xu
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