Illumination-aware image fusion for around-the-clock human detection in adverse environments from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

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Highlights：

• Design and development of a new three-step customised fusion method.

• Design and development of a new real-time CNN for small object detection.

• Validation of the proposed methods based on real-world trials of Police Scotland.

• Allowing flexible operation capabilities in different illumination conditions.

摘要

•Design and development of a new three-step customised fusion method.•Design and development of a new real-time CNN for small object detection.•Validation of the proposed methods based on real-world trials of Police Scotland.•Allowing flexible operation capabilities in different illumination conditions.

论文关键词：Human detection,UAV,Deep machine learning,Image fusion,Image registration

论文评审过程：Received 12 December 2021, Revised 5 March 2022, Accepted 25 April 2022, Available online 6 May 2022, Version of Record 9 June 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.117413