An edge-less approach to horizon line detection

T Ahmad, G Bebis, M Nicolescu… - 2015 IEEE 14th …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Horizon line is a promising visual cue which can be exploited for robot localization or visual
geo-localization. Prominent approaches to horizon line detection rely on edge detection as a …

Sky and ground segmentation in the navigation visions of the planetary rovers

B Kuang, ZA Rana, Y Zhao - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sky and ground are two essential semantic components in computer vision, robotics, and
remote sensing. The sky and ground segmentation has become increasingly popular. This …

Comparison of semantic segmentation approaches for horizon/sky line detection

T Ahmad, P Campr, M Čadik… - 2017 International joint …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Horizon or skyline detection plays a vital role towards mountainous visual geo-localization,
however most of the recently proposed visual geo-localization approaches rely on user-in …

Attitude estimation using horizon detection in thermal images

A Carrio, H Bavle, P Campoy - International Journal of Micro …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The lack of redundant attitude sensors represents a considerable yet common vulnerability
in many low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition to the use of attitude sensors …

Horizon line detection using supervised learning and edge cues

T Ahmad, G Bebis, M Nicolescu, A Nefian… - Computer Vision and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Traditionally, edge detection has been extensively employed as the basic step for the
horizon line detection problem. However, generally such methods do not discriminate …

Resource efficient mountainous skyline extraction using shallow learning

T Ahmad, E Emami, M Čadík… - 2021 International Joint …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Skyline plays a pivotal role in mountainous visual geo-localization and
localization/navigation of planetary rovers/UAVs and virtual/augmented reality applications …

Vision based horizon detection for UAV navigation

S Timotheatos, S Piperakis, A Argyros… - … Conference on Robotics …, 2018 - Springer
In this paper, we present a novel framework for horizon line (HL) detection that can be
effectively used for Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) navigation. Our scheme is based on a …

Graph-based horizon line detection for UAV navigation

Y Xu, H Yan, Y Ma, P Guo - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Perceiving the horizon line is a critical alternative for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
autonomous navigation, especially in the presence of noise-induced drift, unavailability of …

An intensity-difference-based maritime horizon detection algorithm

N Topaloglu - Signal, Image and Video Processing, 2024 - Springer
The detection of the maritime horizon holds significance in various applications, ranging
from navigation to surveillance, yet remains a formidable challenge due to the dynamic …

A methodological review of visual road recognition procedures for autonomous driving applications

KL Lim, T Bräunl - arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.01635, 2019 - arxiv.org
The current research interest in autonomous driving is growing at a rapid pace, attracting
great investments from both the academic and corporate sectors. In order for vehicles to be …