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Drone-based target detection presents inherent challenges, such as the high density and overlap of targets in drone-based images, as well as the blurriness of targets under varying lighting conditions, which complicates identification.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Yuchen Zheng , Yuxin Jing , Jufeng Zhao , Guangmang Cui

Identifying drones and birds correctly is essential for keeping the skies safe and improving security systems. Using the VIP CUP 2025 dataset, which provides both RGB and infrared (IR) images, this study presents EGD-YOLOv8n, a new…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Sudipto Sarkar , Mohammad Asif Hasan , Khondokar Ashik Shahriar , Fablia Labiba , Nahian Tasnim , Sheikh Anawarul Haq Fattah

Drones are attracting increasing attention in varieties of research fields because of their flexibility and are expected to be applied to a wide range of potential applications, among which the super-high-resolution video surveillance…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-25 Yoshitaka Takaku , Yohei Kaieda , Tao Yu , Kei Sakaguchi

This paper presents a review of techniques used for the detection and tracking of UAVs or drones. There are different techniques that depend on collecting measurements of the position, velocity, and image of the UAV and then using them in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-26 Raed Abu Zitar , Mohammad Al-Betar , Mohamad Ryalat , Sofian Kassaymeh

Drone-based rapid and accurate environmental edge detection is highly advantageous for tasks such as disaster relief and autonomous navigation. Current methods, using radars or cameras, raise deployment costs and burden lightweight drones…

There is a rapid growth of applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in traffic management, such as traffic surveillance, monitoring, and incident detection. However, the existing literature lacks solutions to real-time incident…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Hualong Tang , Joseph Post , Achilleas Kourtellis , Brian Porter , Yu Zhang

Because of their high temporal resolution, increased resilience to motion blur, and very sparse output, event cameras have been shown to be ideal for low-latency and low-bandwidth feature tracking, even in challenging scenarios. Existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Nico Messikommer , Carter Fang , Mathias Gehrig , Giovanni Cioffi , Davide Scaramuzza

Event cameras provide high-temporal-resolution visual sensing that is well suited for observing fast-moving aerial objects; however, their use for drone trajectory prediction remains limited. This work introduces an event-only drone…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Hari Prasanth S. M. , Pejman Habibiroudkenar , Eerik Alamikkotervo , Dimitrios Bouzoulas , Risto Ojala

In low-light conditions, capturing videos with frame-based cameras often requires long exposure times, resulting in motion blur and reduced visibility. While frame-based motion deblurring and low-light enhancement have been studied, they…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-28 Taewoo Kim , Jaeseok Jeong , Hoonhee Cho , Yuhwan Jeong , Kuk-Jin Yoon

For precise, efficient, and safe drone landings, ground platforms should real-time, accurately locate descending drones and guide them to designated spots. While mmWave sensing combined with cameras improves localization accuracy, the lower…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Haoyang Wang , Jingao Xu , Xinyu Luo , Xuecheng Chen , Ting Zhang , Ruiyang Duan , Yunhao Liu , Xinlei Chen

Event cameras, or dynamic vision sensors, have recently achieved success from fundamental vision tasks to high-level vision researches. Due to its ability to asynchronously capture light intensity changes, event camera has an inherent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-13 Yingkai Fu , Meng Li , Wenxi Liu , Yuanchen Wang , Jiqing Zhang , Baocai Yin , Xiaopeng Wei , Xin Yang

To detect unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in real-time, computer vision and deep learning approaches are evolving research areas. Interest in this problem has grown due to concerns regarding the possible hazards and misuse of employing UAVs…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-06 Adnan Munir , Abdul Jabbar Siddiqui , Saeed Anwar

The increase in the number of unmanned aerial vehicles a.k.a. drones pose several threats to public privacy, critical infrastructure and cyber security. Hence, detecting unauthorized drones is a significant problem which received attention…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Muhammad Asif Khan , Hamid Menouar , Osama Muhammad Khalid , Adnan Abu-Dayya

As drone use has become more widespread, there is a critical need to ensure safety and security. A key element of this is robust and accurate drone detection and localization. While cameras and other optical sensors like LiDAR are commonly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Yuan Fang , Fangzhan Shi , Xijia Wei , Qingchao Chen , Kevin Chetty , Simon Julier

Event cameras are novel sensors that output brightness changes in the form of a stream of asynchronous "events" instead of intensity frames. They offer significant advantages with respect to conventional cameras: high dynamic range (HDR),…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-02 Daniel Gehrig , Mathias Gehrig , Javier Hidalgo-Carrió , Davide Scaramuzza

Detecting small objects, such as drones, over long distances presents a significant challenge with broad implications for security, surveillance, environmental monitoring, and autonomous systems. Traditional imaging-based methods rely on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Junran Guo , Tonglin Mu , Keyuan Li , Jianing Li , Ziyang Luo , Ye Chen , Xiaodong Fan , Jinquan Huang , Minjie Liu , Jinbei Zhang , Ruoyang Qi , Naiting Gu , Shihai Sun

By monitoring temporal contrast, event-based vision sensors can provide high temporal resolution and low latency while maintaining low power consumption and simplicity in circuit structure. These characteristics have garnered significant…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-11 Xinyue Qin , Junlin Zhang , Wenzhong Bao , Chun Lin , Honglei Chen

Event cameras are rapidly emerging as powerful vision sensors for 3D reconstruction, uniquely capable of asynchronously capturing per-pixel brightness changes. Compared to traditional frame-based cameras, event cameras produce sparse yet…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Chuanzhi Xu , Haoxian Zhou , Langyi Chen , Haodong Chen , Zeke Zexi Hu , Zhicheng Lu , Ying Zhou , Vera Chung , Qiang Qu , Weidong Cai

Drones are not fully trusted yet. Their reliance on radios and cameras for navigation raises safety and privacy concerns. These systems can fail, causing accidents, or be misused for unauthorized recordings. Considering recent regulations…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Ricardo Ampudia Hernández , Talia Xu , Yanqiu Huang , Marco A. Zúñiga Zamalloa

Unwanted camera occlusions, such as debris, dust, rain-drops, and snow, can severely degrade the performance of computer-vision systems. Dynamic occlusions are particularly challenging because of the continuously changing pattern. Existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Rong Zou , Manasi Muglikar , Nico Messikommer , Davide Scaramuzza