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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

The increasing applications of autonomous driving systems necessitates large-scale, high-quality datasets to ensure robust performance across diverse scenarios. Synthetic data has emerged as a viable solution to augment real-world datasets…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Enes Özeren , Arka Bhowmick

The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) market has been significantly growing and Considering the availability of drones at low-cost prices the possibility of misusing them, for illegal purposes such as drug trafficking, spying, and terrorist…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-20 Kholoud AlDosari , AIbtisam Osman , Omar Elharrouss , Somaya AlMaadeed , Mohamed Zied Chaari

In this work, we present and evaluate a method to perform real-time multiple drone detection and three-dimensional localization using state-of-the-art tiny-YOLOv4 object detection algorithm and stereo triangulation. Our computer vision…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-21 Aryan Sharma , Nitik Jain , Mangal Kothari

Dependable visual drone detection is crucial for the secure integration of drones into the airspace. However, drone detection accuracy is significantly affected by domain shifts due to environmental changes, varied points of view, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Fardad Dadboud , Hamid Azad , Varun Mehta , Miodrag Bolic , Iraj Mantegh

Predominant methods for image-based drone detection frequently rely on employing generic object detection algorithms like YOLOv5. While proficient in identifying drones against homogeneous backgrounds, these algorithms often struggle in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-11 Tamara R. Lenhard , Andreas Weinmann , Stefan Jäger , Tobias Koch

The safe operation of drone swarms beyond visual line of sight requires multiple safeguards to mitigate the risk of collision between drones flying in close-proximity scenarios. Cooperative navigation and flight coordination strategies that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Manduhu Manduhu , Alexander Dow , Petar Trslic , Gerard Dooly , Benjamin Blanck , James Riordan

For the autonomous drone-based inspection of wind turbine (WT) blades, accurate detection of the WT and its key features is essential for safe drone positioning and collision avoidance. Existing deep learning methods typically rely on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Arash Shahirpour , Jakob Gebler , Manuel Sanders , Tim Reuscher

Deep vision models are now mature enough to be integrated in industrial and possibly critical applications such as autonomous navigation. Yet, data collection and labeling to train such models requires too much efforts and costs for a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Estelle Chigot , Dennis G. Wilson , Meriem Ghrib , Fabrice Jimenez , Thomas Oberlin

The proliferation of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has raised significant safety concerns due to their potential misuse in activities such as espionage, smuggling, and infrastructure disruption. This paper addresses the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-08 Stefan Glüge , Matthias Nyfeler , Ahmad Aghaebrahimian , Nicola Ramagnano , Christof Schüpbach

Foreign Object Debris (FOD) within aircraft fuel tanks presents critical safety hazards including fuel contamination, system malfunctions, and increased maintenance costs. Despite the severity of these risks, there is a notable lack of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Ashish Vashist , Qiranul Saadiyean , Suresh Sundaram , Chandra Sekhar Seelamantula

Accurate navigation is of paramount importance to ensure flight safety and efficiency for autonomous drones. Recent research starts to use Deep Neural Networks to enhance drone navigation given their remarkable predictive capability for…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-20 Liekang Zeng , Haowei Chen , Daipeng Feng , Xiaoxi Zhang , Xu Chen

A vision-based drone-to-drone detection system is crucial for various applications like collision avoidance, countering hostile drones, and search-and-rescue operations. However, detecting drones presents unique challenges, including small…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Sairam VC Rebbapragada , Pranoy Panda , Vineeth N Balasubramanian

Accurate and efficient object detection is crucial for safe and efficient operation of earth-moving equipment in mining. Traditional 2D image-based methods face limitations in dynamic and complex mine environments. To overcome these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Mehala Balamurali , Ehsan Mihankhah

Obtaining accurate 3D object poses is vital for numerous computer vision applications, such as 3D reconstruction and scene understanding. However, annotating real-world objects is time-consuming and challenging. While synthetically…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Jiahao Yang , Wufei Ma , Angtian Wang , Xiaoding Yuan , Alan Yuille , Adam Kortylewski

Several datasets exist which contain annotated information of individuals' trajectories. Such datasets are vital for many real-world applications, including trajectory prediction and autonomous navigation. One prominent dataset currently in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-03-23 Joshua Andle , Nicholas Soucy , Simon Socolow , Salimeh Yasaei Sekeh

Swarms of drones offer an increased sensing aperture, and having them mimic behaviors of natural swarms enhances sampling by adapting the aperture to local conditions. We demonstrate that such an approach makes detecting and tracking…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Rakesh John Amala Arokia Nathan , Sigrid Strand , Daniel Mehrwald , Dmitriy Shutin , Oliver Bimber

Salient object detection exemplifies data-bounded tasks where expensive pixel-precise annotations force separate model training for related subtasks like DIS and HR-SOD. We present a method that dramatically improves generalization through…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Orest Kupyn , Hirokatsu Kataoka , Christian Rupprecht

Unlike humans, who can effortlessly estimate the entirety of objects even when partially occluded, modern computer vision algorithms still find this aspect extremely challenging. Leveraging this amodal perception for autonomous driving…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Ahmed Rida Sekkat , Rohit Mohan , Oliver Sawade , Elmar Matthes , Abhinav Valada

This paper addresses the challenges of data scarcity and high acquisition costs in training robust object detection models for complex industrial environments, such as offshore oil platforms. Data collection in these hazardous settings…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Pedro Antonio Rabelo Saraiva , Enzo Ferreira de Souza , Joao Manoel Herrera Pinheiro , Thiago H. Segreto , Ricardo V. Godoy , Marcelo Becker