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Existing nighttime unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) trackers follow an "Enhance-then-Track" architecture - first using a light enhancer to brighten the nighttime video, then employing a daytime tracker to locate the object. This separate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-15 Jiawen Zhu , Huayi Tang , Zhi-Qi Cheng , Jun-Yan He , Bin Luo , Shihao Qiu , Shengming Li , Huchuan Lu

Domain adaptation (DA) has demonstrated significant promise for real-time nighttime unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) tracking. However, the state-of-the-art (SOTA) DA still lacks the potential object with accurate pixel-level location and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Changhong Fu , Liangliang Yao , Haobo Zuo , Guangze Zheng , Jia Pan

An onboard target detection, tracking and avoidance system has been developed in this paper, for low-cost UAV flight controllers using AI-Based approaches. The aim of the proposed system is that an ally UAV can either avoid or track an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-02 Vinorth Varatharasan , Alice Shuang Shuang Rao , Eric Toutounji , Ju-Hyeon Hong , Hyo-Sang Shin

Real-time processing of UAV imagery is crucial for applications requiring urgent geospatial information, such as disaster response, where rapid decision-making and accurate spatial data are essential. However, processing high-resolution…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Selim Ahmet Iz , Francesco Nex , Norman Kerle , Henry Meissner , Ralf Berger

Due to changes in model dynamics or unexpected disturbances, an autonomous robotic system may experience unforeseen challenges during real-world operations which may affect its safety and intended behavior: in particular actuator and system…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-31 Esen Yel , Nicola Bezzo

Multi-object tracking (MOT) in UAV-based video is challenging due to variations in viewpoint, low resolution, and the presence of small objects. While other research on MOT dedicated to aerial videos primarily focuses on the academic aspect…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Nhat-Tan Do , Nhi Ngoc-Yen Nguyen , Dieu-Phuong Nguyen , Trong-Hop Do

Due to the limited availability of paired multi-modal data, multi-modal trackers are typically built by adopting pre-trained RGB models with parameter-efficient fine-tuning modules. However, these fine-tuning methods overlook advanced…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-24 He Wang , Tianyang Xu , Zhangyong Tang , Xiao-Jun Wu , Josef Kittler

Multi-object tracking (MOT) from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) presents unique challenges due to unpredictable object motion, frequent occlusions, and limited appearance cues inherent to aerial viewpoints. These issues are further…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-22 Zenghuang Fu , Xiaofeng Han , Mingda Jia , Jin ming Yang , Qi Zeng , Muyang Zahng , Changwei Wang , Weiliang Meng , Xiaopeng Zhang

Multi-Object Tracking (MOT) is a critical problem in computer vision, essential for understanding how objects move and interact in videos. This field faces significant challenges such as occlusions and complex environmental dynamics,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Luiz C. S. de Araujo , Carlos M. S. Figueiredo

Multi-modal object tracking has attracted considerable attention by integrating multiple complementary inputs (e.g., thermal, depth, and event data) to achieve outstanding performance. Although current general-purpose multi-modal trackers…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Qihua Liang , Liang Chen , Yaozong Zheng , Jian Nong , Zhiyi Mo , Bineng Zhong

Multi-modal tracking is essential in single-object tracking (SOT), as different sensor types contribute unique capabilities to overcome challenges caused by variations in object appearance. However, existing unified RGB-X trackers (X…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-24 He Wang , Tianyang Xu , Zhangyong Tang , Xiao-Jun Wu , Josef Kittler

Multi-Object Tracking (MOT) poses significant challenges in computer vision. Despite its wide application in robotics, autonomous driving, and smart manufacturing, there is limited literature addressing the specific challenges of running…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Xiang Li , Cheng Chen , Yuan-yao Lou , Mustafa Abdallah , Kwang Taik Kim , Saurabh Bagchi

Robust feature encoding constitutes the foundation of UAV tracking by enabling the nuanced perception of target appearance and motion, thereby playing a pivotal role in ensuring reliable tracking. However, existing feature encoding methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-23 Yiheng Wang , Changhong Fu , Liangliang Yao , Haobo Zuo , Zijie Zhang

Modern robotic systems are required to operate in dense dynamic environments, requiring highly accurate real-time track identification and estimation. For 3D multi-object tracking, recent approaches process a single measurement frame…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Sandro Papais , Robert Ren , Steven Waslander

This paper proposes a systematic solution that uses an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to aggressively and safely track an agile target. The solution properly handles the challenging situations where the intent of the target and the dense…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Zhichao Han , Ruibin Zhang , Neng Pan , Chao Xu , Fei Gao

Refining visual representations by eliminating their internal feature-level redundancy is crucial for simultaneously optimizing the performance and computational cost of models in visual tracking. To enhance their performance, many…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Weijing Wu , Qihua Liang , Bineng Zhong , Haiying Xia , Zhiyi Mo , Shuxiang Song

With the proliferation of low altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), visual multi-object tracking is becoming a critical security technology, demanding significant robustness even in complex environmental conditions. However, tracking…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Tianyang Xu , Jinjie Gu , Xuefeng Zhu , XiaoJun Wu , Josef Kittler

Drones have proven to be useful in many industry segments such as security and surveillance, where e.g. on-board real-time object tracking is a necessity for autonomous flying guards. Tracking and following suspicious objects is therefore…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Maarten Vandersteegen , Kristof Vanbeeck , Toon goedeme

In recent years, several progressive works promote the development of aerial tracking. One of the representative works is our previous work Fast-tracker which is applicable to various challenging tracking scenarios. However, it suffers from…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-12 Neng Pan , Ruibin Zhang , Tiankai Yang , Chao Xu , Fei Gao

In this paper, we explore adapter tuning and introduce a novel dual-adapter architecture for spatio-temporal multimodal tracking, dubbed DMTrack. The key of our DMTrack lies in two simple yet effective modules, including a spatio-temporal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Weihong Li , Shaohua Dong , Haonan Lu , Yanhao Zhang , Heng Fan , Libo Zhang