Energy-efficient data collection for UAV-assisted IoT: Joint trajectory and resource optimization

Internet of Things (IoT) can be conveniently deployed while empowering various applications, where the IoT nodes can form clusters to finish certain missions collectively. As energy-efficient operations are critical to prolong the lifetime of the energy-constrained IoT devices, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) can be dispatched to geographically approach the IoT clusters towards energy-efficient IoT transmissions. This paper intends to maximize the system energy efficiency by considering both the IoT transmission energy and UAV propulsion energy, where the UAV trajectory and IoT communication resources are jointly optimized. By applying large-system analysis and Dinkelbach method, the original fractional optimization is approximated and reformulated in the form of subtraction, and further a block coordinate descent framework is employed to update the UAV trajectory and IoT communication resources iteratively. Extensive simulation results are provided to corroborate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Haze removal for UAV reconnaissance images using layered scattering model

During the unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV) reconnaissance missions in the middle-low troposphere, the reconnaissance images are blurred and degraded due to the scattering process of aerosol under fog, haze and other weather conditions, which reduce the image contrast and color fidelity. Considering the characteristics of UAV itself, this paper proposes a new algorithm for dehazing UAV reconnaissance images based on layered scattering model. The algorithm starts with the atmosphere scattering model, using the imaging distance, squint angle and other metadata acquired by the UAV. Based on the original model, a layered scattering model for dehazing is proposed. Considering the relationship between wave-length and extinction coefficient, the airlight intensity and extinction coefficient are calculated in the model. Finally, the restored images are obtained. In addition, a classification method based on Bayesian classification is used for classification of haze concentration of the image, avoiding the trouble of manual working. Then we evaluate the haze removal results according to both the subjective and objective criteria. The experimental results show that compared with the origin image, the comprehensive index of the image restored by our method increases by 282.84%, which proves that our method can obtain excellent dehazing effect.     

基于条件随机场的遥感图像语义标注

遥感图像包含的信息丰富,纹理复杂,而遥感图像语义标注又为后续的目标识别、检测、场景分析及高层语义的提取提供了重要信息和线索,这使其成为遥感图像理解领域中一个关键且极具挑战性的任务。首先针对遥感图像语义标注问题,提出采用条件随机场(CRF)框架对遥感图像的底层特征和上下文信息建模的方法,将Texton纹理特征与CRF中的自相关势能结合来捕捉遥感图像中的纹理信息及其上下文分布,采用组合Boosting算法进行Texton纹理特征选择和参数学习;然后将Lab空间中的颜色信息与CRF中的互相关势能结合来描述颜色上下文;最后用Graph Cut算法对CRF进行推导求解,得到图像自动语义标注结果。同时,建立了可见光遥感图像数据库Google-4,并对全部图像进行了人工标注。Google-4上的实验结果表明:采用CRF框架与Texton纹理特征和颜色特征相结合对遥感图像建模的方法与基于支持向量机(SVM)的方法相比较,能够取得更准确的语义标注结果。     

Aerial-BiSeNet: A real-time semantic segmentation network for high resolution aerial imagery

The aircraft system has recently gained its reputation as a reliable and efficient tool for sensing and parsing aerial scenes. However, accurate and fast semantic segmentation of high-resolution aerial images for remote sensing applications is still facing three challenges: the requirements for limited processing resources and low-latency operations based on aerial platforms, the balance between high accuracy and real-time efficiency for model performance, and the confusing objects with large intra-class variations and small inter-class differences in high-resolution aerial images. To address these issues, a lightweight and dual-path deep convolutional architecture, namely Aerial Bilateral Segmentation Network (Aerial-BiSeNet), is proposed to perform real-time segmentation on high-resolution aerial images with favorable accuracy. Specifically, inspired by the receptive field concept in human visual systems, Receptive Field Module (RFM) is proposed to encode rich multi-scale contextual information. Based on channel attention mechanism, two novel modules, called Feature Attention Module (FAM) and Channel Attention based Feature Fusion Module (CAFFM) respectively, are proposed to refine and combine features effectively to boost the model performance. Aerial-BiSeNet is evaluated on the Potsdam and Vaihingen datasets, where leading performance is reported compared with other state-of-the-art models, in terms of both accuracy and efficiency.     

An aggregate flow based scheduler in multi-task cooperated UAVs network

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) cooperative multi-task system has become the research focus in recent years. However, the existing network frameworks of UAVs are not flexible and efficient enough to deal with the complex multi-task scheduling, because they are not able to perceive the different features. In this paper, a novel cooperated UAVs network framework for multi-task scheduling is proposed. It is a three-layer network including a core layer, an aggregation layer and an execution layer, which enhances the efficiency of multi-task distribution, aggregation and transmission. Furthermore, an AggreGate Flow (AGFlow) based scheduler is dedicatedly designed to maximize the task completion rate, whose key point is to aggregate flows belonging to one task during the multi-task transmission of UAVs network and to allocate priority by calculating the urgency-level of each AGFlow. Simulation results demonstrate that, compared with that of state-of-the-art scheduler, the average task completion rate of AGFlow based scheduler is raised by 0.278.     

受限资源下制导武器末制导机器视觉技术研究

针对精确制导武器末制导机器视觉技术应用需求,研究了基于卷积神经网络的、针对复杂背景及小目标的自主目标检测识别算法,并分别进行了网络性能评估和硬件资源需求定量评估。针对最优算法,提出了基于嵌入式受限资源下的高精度神经网络压缩算法,并对算法进行了普适性评估。基于GPU嵌入式平台,实现TensorRT路线网络优化,并在速度和精度两方面均衡考虑下,对裁剪与量化算法进行了详细实验验证。实验结果表明,高精度神经网络压缩算法在硬件资源受限条件下,可以有效提升推理速度,最终经算法优化后的网络结构,可以获得3倍以上的速度提升,网络精度损失小于5%。     

基于压缩协作表示的辐射源识别算法

针对低信噪比（SNR）条件下传统辐射源识别算法性能下降的问题,提出了基于压缩协作表示的识别算法,分别从特征提取和分类器设计两方面进行描述。首先将时域辐射源信号变换到二维时频域,通过图像处理方法提取高维特征列向量。经随机矩阵压缩到一定维度后,输入到提出的压缩协作表示分类器中得到识别结果。进而,对协作表示系数进行非负约束,提出了更符合实际应用场景的算法。仿真结果验证了所提算法的可行性与有效性,且在低信噪比条件下稳健性强、抗噪声干扰性能好、计算量较小、易于工程实现。     

两种实时视频压缩算法DSP嵌入式框架方案比较

在DSP上实现中高分辨率的实时视频数据压缩系统,首先要解决的问题就是选择实现高效率的运行系统框架。本文介绍并讨论了两种适用于在TMS320DM642多媒体处理芯片上实现实时视频压缩算法应用的嵌入式软件实现框架,即TI公司推荐的RF5多任务参考框架和单任务框架。实验分析表明,两种框架的效能是相同的,单任务框架更适合于定制DSP压缩算法的实现与调试。     

夜间成像光测数字图像增强技术研究

分析夜间成像的光测数字图像灰度范围、对比度和信息量等主要特点,为图像增强的策略选择和效果评价提供依据。针对夜间成像光测数字图像灰度范围较窄等特点,提出局部灰度修正的增强方法适当增强图像对比度,又避免细节损失,同时,利用拉普拉斯锐化突出目标轮廓和边缘,并利用人眼对彩色敏感的特点,采用伪彩色增强提高对图像中模糊目标的分辨能力。通过上述3种增强技术,提高了对夜间成像暗图像的目标识别能力,有利于后续判读处理。     

OGSRN: Optical-guided super-resolution network for SAR image

Although Convolutional Neural Networks(CNNs) have significantly improved the development of image Super-Resolution(SR) technology in recent years, the existing SR methods for SAR image with large scale factors have rarely been studied due to technical difficulty. A more efficient method is to obtain comprehensive information to guide the SAR image reconstruction.Indeed, the co-registered High-Resolution(HR) optical image has been successfully applied to enhance the quality of SAR image due to it...     

Image Quality Evaluation in Security Imaging Systems

The subjective image quality of image or video information is a crucial item in security imaging systems. During the last five years our lab has tested and verified various approaches to the image compression for security purposes and the evaluation of subjective image quality. In the paper we discuss selected important facts related to the subjective image quality evaluation and we present some anomalous experimental behavior of image compression techniques. An object-defined approach is investigated and advantageous characteristics of chosen methods are deployed to achieve the optimal performance of the surveillance video coder. Among others, we propose to use the artificial neural network (ANN) to predict resulting image quality rating scores. The proposed quality assessment model has been trained and tested using a set of grayscale images distorted by selected image compression algorithms     

基于机器视觉技术的飞机绕机外观检查方法研究

大型民用飞机试飞和航线运营期间,对其外观表面进行绕机外观检查是适航性安全检查的必要工作.目前飞机的绕机检查主要采用人工绕机方式,该方式,且成本高、效率低,易出现漏检、误检等人为因素,因此智能外观表面检查方法的研究是一项迫切的任务.相比于其他工业检测任务,飞机外观检查智能识别目前无公开数据集,且飞机真实外观损伤类型多样....     

基于边缘相似性的异源图像匹配

异源图像匹配是视觉导航、多源图像融合分析的关键步骤之一。对于成像机理差别较大的异源图像,如SAR图像和可见光图像,采用传统的异源图像匹配算法难以得到满意结果。本文提出一种基于边缘相似性的异源图像匹配方法,首先分别提取待匹配图像的边缘特征点集;然后计算基准图的边缘距离场;最后基于边缘相似性模型,通过实时图边缘图和基准图边缘距离场计算边缘相似度,寻找相似度最大的变换参数即为最终匹配参数。采用SAR与可见光图对方法进行了测试,结果表明,这种方法能够快速可靠地实现异源图像匹配。     

基于多模态感知与融合的无人车韧性导航系统

针对野外复杂环境下的无人车自主导航需要,建立了一种基于多源融合定位、语义建图与运动规划的智能导航系统.首先,针对IMU、轮式里程计、视觉SLAM与激光雷达SLAM等测量子系统,设计了误差状态扩展卡尔曼滤波器进行融合定位.其次,基于改进的CNN语义分割网络生成环境的语义图像,与3D激光雷达点云融合,并使用最大概率更新算法构建语义3D地图.接着,在语义和几何信息投影获得可通行性代价的基础上,提出了一种语义动态窗口的局部路径规划方法.最后,将以上感知、定位与规划方法整合成完整的智能导航系统,在城市与野外典型场景的测试中,相对定位误差小于0.4％D,具备一定的韧性导航定位和智能感知规划能力.     

基于规则匹配的RFID复杂事件检测框架及方法

无线射频识别技术（RFID）催生和促进了物联网（IoT）的发展。RFID原始数据的海量性和语义隐含性等特点对RFID数据处理提出了挑战,为此将复杂事件处理技术引入RFID数据处理中。把RFID数据定义为事件,按照给定的规则,检测出相应的复杂事件。现有基于树的复杂事件检测方法不支持事件的数值属性的条件约束,提出了一种RFID复杂事件描述规则和基于规则匹配的检测框架,能够高效地处理RFID数据流,在此基础上,进一步改进了RFID复杂事件检测方法（RCEDA）,提高了时序约束下非自发事件的检测效率。     

改进的基于神经网络的卫星遥感图像去条带方法

由于焦平面阵列的非均匀性影响,线阵列推扫所成的遥感图像表现出规律的条带失真,严重地影响图像质量。本文介绍一种基于神经网络的条带消除方法,以及利用该方法对实际遥感图像校正的结果。     

基于非线性复扩散和小波的图像去噪方法

基于偏微分方程和小波的图像去噪方法是目前图像处理的两大发展主流。提出了一种非线性复扩散和小波相结合的图像去噪方法。首先,根据小波变换的特性,把图像分成低频分量和高频分量两部分,然后根据这两部分图像的不同特点,结合非线性复扩散方法对图像去噪,最后把两部分图像融合成一幅图像。实验结果表明了方法无论是客观标准还是视觉效果上都优于非线性复扩散。     

SRS-Net: Training object detectors from scratch for remote sensing images without pretraining

Most of the current object detection algorithms use pretrained models that are trained on ImageNet and then fine-tuned in the network, which can achieve good performance in terms of general object detectors. However, in the field of remote sensing image object detection, as pretrained models are significantly different from remote sensing data, it is meaningful to explore a train-from-scratch technique for remote sensing images. This paper proposes an object detection framework trained from scratch, SRS-Net, and describes the design of a densely connected backbone network to provide integrated hidden layer supervision for the convolution module. Then, two necessary improvement principles are proposed: studying the role of normalization in the network structure, and improving data augmentation methods for remote sensing images. To evaluate the proposed framework, we performed many ablation experiments on the DIOR, DOTA, and AS datasets. The results show that whether using the improved backbone network, the normalization method or training data enhancement strategy, the performance of the object detection network trained from scratch increased. These principles compensate for the lack of pretrained models. Furthermore, we found that SRS-Net could achieve similar to or slightly better performance than baseline methods, and surpassed most advanced general detectors.     

一种适用于情报图像处理的图像集分类算法

无人机情报处理系统是无人机地面控制系统的重要组成部分之一,主要负责对无人机侦察载荷下传的侦察情报进行处理,从复杂的情报中获得直观的情报产品并传递给上级和友邻单位。对于搭载光电载荷的无人机情报处理当前仍以依靠人力鉴别为主。介绍一种基于快速近似最近邻( FLANN) 搜索特征的K 近邻用分类决策,可去除背景信息对分类性能的影响;为了进一步提高算法的运行速度及减少算法的内存开销,采用特征选择的方式分别减少测试图像和训练图像集的特征数目,并尝试同时减少测试图像和训练图像集中的特征数目平衡分类正确率与分类时间之间的矛盾。该算法保留了原始NBNN 算法的优点,无需参数学习的过程,实验结果验证了算法的正确性和有效性。     

Softmax分类器深度学习图像分类方法应用综述

基于深度学习的人工智能图像分类方法研究是当前计算机视觉领域的研究热点。面向深度学习中的Softmax图像分类方法,首先回顾了图像分类技术的发展历程,接着介绍了图像识别技术中的分类器,并解释了Softmax回归函数的分类实现原理。基于Softmax回归分类器的应用,详细阐述了多种图像分类技术,具体包括浅层神经网络、深度置信网络、深度自编码器和卷积神经网络。同时,对比介绍了各种级联模型的具体结构、训练方法、实际应用、分类效果以及优缺点。最后,从Softmax回归分类器、深度学习网络模型和高维数据分类三个方面对基于Softmax回归分类器的深度学习模型在图像分类方面的发展与应用前景进行了展望。