In the combat system, infrared target detection is an important issue worthy of study. However, due to the small size of the target in the infrared image, the low signal-to-noise ratio of the image and the uncertainty of motion, how to detect the tar...
Detecting infrared (IR) small moving targets in complex scenes quickly, accurately, and robustly remains a challenging problem in the current research field. To address this issue, this paper proposes a novel spatial–temporal block-matching pat...
Infrared (IR) imaging-based detection systems are of vital significance in the domains of early warning and security, necessitating a high level of precision and efficiency in infrared small moving target detection. IR targets often appear dim and sm...
In the infrared small target images with complex backgrounds, there exist various interferences that share similar characteristics with the target (such as building edges). The accurate detection of small targets is crucial in applications involving...
Infrared (IR) small target detection is a crucial component of infrared imaging systems and is vital for applications in surveillance, security, and early warning systems. However, most existing algorithms for detecting small targets in infrared imag...
Infrared dim and small target detection has drawn increasing attention due to its importance in both military and civil applications. Multi-frame approaches exploit temporal information across consecutive frames and generally achieve better performan...
Robust detection of infrared slow-moving small targets is crucial in infrared search and tracking (IRST) applications such as infrared guidance and low-altitude security; however, existing methods easily cause missed detection and false alarms when d...
In order to detect both bright and dark small moving targets effectively in infrared (IR) video sequences, a saliency histogram and geometrical invariability based method is presented in this paper. First, a saliency map that roughly highlights the s...
The detection of small moving objects in long-range infrared videos is challenging due to background clutter, air turbulence, and small target size. In this paper, we summarize the investigation of efficient ways to enhance the performance of small t...
Infrared small target detection (ISTD) has been a critical technology in various civilian and industrial applications over the past several decades, such as civilian patrol missions aboard UAVs or shipboard systems, and industrial inspection tasks li...
Thermal infrared imaging provides an effective sensing modality for detecting small moving objects at long range. Typical challenges that limit the efficiency and robustness of the detection performance include sensor noise, minimal target contrast a...
In the field of infrared small target detection (ISTD), single-frame ISTD (SISTD), using only spatial features, cannot deal well with dim targets in cluttered backgrounds. In contrast, multi-frame ISTD (MISTD), utilizing spatio-temporal information f...
Infrared point-target detection is one of the key technologies in infrared guidance systems. Due to the long observation distance, the point target is often submerged in the background clutter and large noise in the process of atmospheric transmissio...
Detection of small moving objects in long range infrared (IR) videos is challenging due to background clutter, air turbulence, and small target size. In this paper, we present two unsupervised, modular, and flexible frameworks to detect small moving...
Infrared small target detection is an important and core problem in infrared search and track systems. Many infrared small target detection methods work well under the premise of a static background; however, the detection effect decreases seriously...
It is a big challenge to detect and track small infrared marine targets in non-stationary and time-varying sea clutter because the signal is too strong to be estimated. Based on the phenomenon that sea clutter spreads not only in the temporal domain...
Low-orbit thermal infrared bidirectional whisk-broom imaging offers wide-swath coverage and high spatial resolution for monitoring moving targets such as aircraft, but large scan angles and terrain undulation cause non-rigid geometric distortion and...
Infrared small target detection, especially under low SCR conditions and complex backgrounds, is still a challenging research task. Considering the scale change caused by small targets rapidly moving, in this paper, a nonparametric regression-based m...
Flying bird detection has recently attracted increasing attention in computer vision. However, compared to conventional object detection tasks, it is much more challenging to trap flying birds in infrared videos due to small target size, complex back...
To achieve rapid distance estimation and tracking of moving targets in a large field of view, this paper proposes an innovative simulation method. Using a low-cost approach, the imaging and distance measurement performance of the designed cooling-typ...
Space-based infrared target detection can provide full-time and full-weather observation of targets, thus it is of significance in space security. However, the presence of stars in the background can severely affect the accuracy and real-time perform...
Space resources are of economic and strategic value. Infrared (IR) remote sensing, unaffected by geography and weather, is widely used in weather forecasting and defense. However, detecting small IR targets is challenging due to their small size and...
Infrared imaging plays an important role in space-based early warning and anti-missile guidance due to its particular imaging mechanism. However, the signal-to-noise ratio of the infrared image is usually low and the target is moving, which makes mos...
Infrared (IR) thermal imaging can detect the warm temperature of the human body regardless of the light conditions, thus small drones equipped with the IR thermal camera can be utilized to recognize human activity for smart surveillance, road safety,...