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Drones or UAVs, equipped with different sensors, have been deployed in many places especially for urban traffic monitoring or last-mile delivery. It provides the ability to control the different aspects of traffic given real-time…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-17 George Adaimi , Sven Kreiss , Alexandre Alahi

Drones, also known as mini-unmanned aerial vehicles, have attracted increasing attention due to their boundless applications in communications, photography, agriculture, surveillance and numerous public services. However, the deployment of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Guoru Ding , Qihui Wu , Linyuan Zhang , Yun Lin , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Yu-Dong Yao

We present an energy-efficient anti-UAV system that integrates frame-based and event-driven object tracking to enable reliable detection of small and fast-moving drones. The system reconstructs binary event frames using run-length encoding,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Yuncheng Lu , Yucen Shi , Aobo Li , Zehao Li , Junying Li , Bo Wang , Tony Tae-Hyoung Kim

Small target detection in UAV imagery faces significant challenges such as scale variations, dense distribution, and the dominance of small targets. Existing algorithms rely on manually designed components, and general-purpose detectors are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Yuankai Chen , Kai Lin , Qihong Wu , Xinxuan Yang , Jiashuo Lai , Ruoen Chen , Haonan Shi , Minfan He , Meihua Wang

Event-based keypoint detection and matching holds significant potential, enabling the integration of event sensors into highly optimized Visual SLAM systems developed for frame cameras over decades of research. Unfortunately, existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Yannick Burkhardt , Simon Schaefer , Stefan Leutenegger

In this study, we propose an innovative method for the real-time detection of GPS spoofing attacks targeting drones, based on the video stream captured by a drone's camera. The proposed method collects frames from the video stream and their…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-04 Barak Davidovich , Ben Nassi , Yuval Elovici

A remaining challenge in multirotor drone flight is the autonomous identification of viable landing sites in unstructured environments. One approach to solve this problem is to create lightweight, appearance-based terrain classifiers that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Joshua Springer , Gylfi Þór Guðmundsson , Marcel Kyas

Power lines are dangerous for low-flying aircraft, especially in low-visibility conditions. Thus, a vision-based system able to analyze the aircraft's surroundings and to provide the pilots with a "second pair of eyes" can contribute to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Jakub Gwizdała , Doruk Oner , Soumava Kumar Roy , Mian Akbar Shah , Ad Eberhard , Ivan Egorov , Philipp Krüsi , Grigory Yakushev , Pascal Fua

Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are one of the most commonly used platforms for the burgeoning Low-altitude Economy (LAE) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM), due to their long endurance and high-speed capabilities. Classical obstacle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Haochen Chai , Meimei Su , Yang Lyu , Zhunga Liu , Chunhui Zhao , Quan Pan

Millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) drones have the potential to enable several futuristic applications such as coverage extension, enhanced security monitoring, and disaster management. However, these drones need to deploy large…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-15 Gouranga Charan , Andrew Hredzak , Ahmed Alkhateeb

We present DroTrack, a high-speed visual single-object tracking framework for drone-captured video sequences. Most of the existing object tracking methods are designed to tackle well-known challenges, such as occlusion and cluttered…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Ali Hamdi , Flora Salim , Du Yong Kim

Nano-drones, distinguished by their agility, minimal weight, and cost-effectiveness, are particularly well-suited for exploration in confined, cluttered and narrow spaces. Recognizing transparent, highly reflective or absorbing materials,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-27 Hanna Müller , Victor Kartsch , Michele Magno , Luca Benini

Ransomware's escalating sophistication necessitates tamper-resistant, off-host detection solutions that capture deep disk activity beyond the reach of a compromised operating system. Existing detection systems use host/kernel signals or…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Md Raz , Venkata Sai Charan Putrevu , Prashanth Krishnamurthy , Farshad Khorrami , Ramesh Karri

Autonomous aerial surveillance using drone feed is an interesting and challenging research domain. To ensure safety from intruders and potential objects posing threats to the zone being protected, it is crucial to be able to distinguish…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-22 Sayeed Shafayet Chowdhury , Kaji Mejbaul Islam , Rouhan Noor

Discrete-event systems and supervisory control theory provide a rigorous framework for specifying correct-by-construction behavior. However, their practical application to swarm robotics remains largely underexplored. In this paper, we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-24 Liam P. Burns , Dayse M. Cavalcanti , Felipe G. Cabral , Max H. de Queiroz , Melissa Greeff , Publio M. M. Lima , Karen Rudie

There has been a rapid growth in the deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in various applications ranging from vital safety-of-life such as surveillance and reconnaissance at nuclear power plants to entertainment and hobby…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-09 Alireza Famili , Angelos Stavrou , Haining Wang , Jung-Min , Park , Ryan Gerdes

The proliferation of drones in civilian airspace has raised urgent security concerns, necessitating robust real-time surveillance systems. In response to the 2025 VIP Cup challenge tasks - drone detection, tracking, and payload…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Shahriar Kabir , Istiak Ahmmed Rifti , H. M. Shadman Tabib , Mushfiqur Rahman , Sadatul Islam Sadi , Hasnaen Adil , Ahmed Mahir Sultan Rumi , Ch Md Rakin Haider

As airborne vehicles are becoming more autonomous and ubiquitous, it has become vital to develop the capability to detect the objects in their surroundings. This paper attempts to address the problem of drones detection from other flying…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Muhammad Waseem Ashraf , Waqas Sultani , Mubarak Shah

Event cameras offer unparalleled advantages for real-time perception in dynamic environments, thanks to the microsecond-level temporal resolution and asynchronous operation. Existing event detectors, however, are limited by fixed-frequency…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Dongyue Lu , Lingdong Kong , Gim Hee Lee , Camille Simon Chane , Wei Tsang Ooi

Deep reinforcement learning has achieved great success in laser-based collision avoidance work because the laser can sense accurate depth information without too much redundant data, which can maintain the robustness of the algorithm when…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Lingping Gao , Jianchuan Ding , Wenxi Liu , Haiyin Piao , Yuxin Wang , Xin Yang , Baocai Yin