Marine Event Vision: Harnessing Event Cameras for Robust Object Detection in Marine Scenarios
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2025
Abstract
Automated object detection in marine environments presents unique challenges due to factors such as water turbidity, variable lighting, natural camouflage, dynamic object movements, sensor limitations, noise, and environmental influences like currents and biofouling. This paper addresses these issues by introducing a novel approach for detecting moving objects in marine settings, leveraging event-based cameras and an event-driven Generalized Hough Transform (GHT) within a template-matching framework enhanced by a clustering algorithm. The approach is validated through qualitative results demonstrating object detection in the water column and on the surface, as well as quantitative analysis of moving objects. The results high-light the robustness and versatility of the method, extending its applicability beyond marine environments.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Proceedings 2025 IEEE Cvf Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision Workshops Wacvw 2025
First Page
1425
Last Page
1434
Recommended Citation
Dadson, N., & Barbalata, C. (2025). Marine Event Vision: Harnessing Event Cameras for Robust Object Detection in Marine Scenarios. Proceedings 2025 IEEE Cvf Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision Workshops Wacvw 2025, 1425-1434. https://doi.org/10.1109/WACVW65960.2025.00166