UFO-DETR is an end‑to‑end object detection framework designed for UAV imagery, addressing challenges such as scale variation, dense distribution, and the prevalence of tiny targets. It employs an LSKNet backbone to optimize receptive fields and reduce parameters, integrates DAttention and AIFI modules for flexible multi‑scale spatial modeling, and introduces a DynFreq‑C3 module that enhances small target detection via cross‑space frequency feature enhancement. Experiments demonstrate that UFO‑DETR outperforms RT‑DETR‑L in detection accuracy while improving computational efficiency, making it suitable for UAV edge computing.
arXiv:2512. 18046v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly known as, drones pose increasing risks in civilian and defense settings, demanding accurate and real-time drone detection systems.
CLSC DETR introduces a Cross Layer Local Support module that links final layer queries with intermediate layer candidates to gather complementary geometric evidence, improving localization quality estimation for small UAV objects. A Classification and Localization Consistency Calibration module then adjusts classification scores based on this quality and reliability, enhancing candidate ranking. The method yields a 1.5% AP and 2.0% AP$_{75}$ boost on VisDrone and consistent gains on UAVDT.
arXiv:2606. 23825v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Efficient small object detection is bottlenecked by the inherent feature scarcity of tiny targets, which is further aggravated by operations of spatial-domain detectors that indiscriminately discard critical high-frequency details.
Infrared small target detection (IRSTD) is important for low-altitude perception, unmanned-system warning, and security monitoring. However, weak targets in infrared imagery usually occupy only a few pixels and are easily submerged by cloud clutter, ground edges, and bright noise, making it difficult for lightweight segmentation-based methods to preserve local target structures while suppressing background interference.
arXiv:2608.20870v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Infrared small target detection is still challenging in remote sensing imagery, because the targets are extremely small, exhibit weak local contrast, a...
arXiv:2606. 06536v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Automated defect detection in high-voltage transmission-line insulators remains challenging due to severe class imbalance, large scale variation, and the small spatial extent of defect instances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery.
arXiv:2607.05176v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Small object detection (SOD) remains a challenging task in real-world applications. Despite recent advances, existing detectors remain limited by r...
arXiv:2607. 16455v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The increasing use of first-person-view drones in modern conflicts has created a demand for compact and reliable detection systems capable of operating in complex electromagnetic environments.
arXiv:2506. 12697v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Small-object detection in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery requires preserving weak local evidence while using broader context to separate tiny foreground targets from cluttered backgrounds.
arXiv:2607. 16338v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This article presents DMFNet, a dual-backbone multiscale feature fusion framework with residual feature propagation and spatial attention for remote sensing scene classification.
arXiv:2410. 16089v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The unique cost, flexibility, speed, and efficiency of modern UAVs make them an attractive choice in many applications in contemporary society.
arXiv:2606. 02092v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Semantic segmentation of remote sensing imagery requires models that capture both global context and local detail under tight computational budgets.