UAV object tracking algorithm based on spatial saliency-aware correlation filter

Recently, correlation filter-based tracking methods have been widely adopted in UAV target tracking due to their outstanding performance and excellent tracking efficiency. However, existing correlation filter-based tracking methods still face issues such as redundant visual features with weak discri...

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Main Authors: Changhui Wu, Jinrong Shen, Kaiwei Chen, Yingpin Chen, Yuan Liao
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Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/era.2025068
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Jinrong Shen
Kaiwei Chen
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Kaiwei Chen
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Yuan Liao
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description Recently, correlation filter-based tracking methods have been widely adopted in UAV target tracking due to their outstanding performance and excellent tracking efficiency. However, existing correlation filter-based tracking methods still face issues such as redundant visual features with weak discriminative ability, inadequate spatio-temporal information mining, and filter degradation. In order to overcome these challenges, this paper proposes a spatial saliency-aware strategy that reduces redundant information in spatial and channel dimensions, thus improving the discriminative ability between the target and background. Also, this paper proposes a position estimation mechanism under spatio-temporal joint constraints to fully mine spatio-temporal information and enhance the robustness of the model in complex scenarios. Furthermore, this paper establishes a positive expert group using historical positive samples to assess the reliability of candidate samples, thereby effectively mitigating the filter degradation issue. Ultimately, the effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated through the evaluation of multiple public datasets. The experimental results reveal that this method outperforms others in tracking performance under various challenging conditions.
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spelling doaj-art-deddb224a90b4b218a5ddb087e0425362025-08-20T02:08:24ZengAIMS PressElectronic Research Archive2688-15942025-03-013331446147510.3934/era.2025068UAV object tracking algorithm based on spatial saliency-aware correlation filterChanghui Wu0Jinrong Shen1Kaiwei Chen2Yingpin Chen3Yuan Liao4School of Physics and Information Engineering, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, ChinaSchool of Computer Science, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, ChinaSchool of Physics and Information Engineering, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, ChinaSchool of Physics and Information Engineering, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, ChinaSchool of Physics and Information Engineering, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, ChinaRecently, correlation filter-based tracking methods have been widely adopted in UAV target tracking due to their outstanding performance and excellent tracking efficiency. However, existing correlation filter-based tracking methods still face issues such as redundant visual features with weak discriminative ability, inadequate spatio-temporal information mining, and filter degradation. In order to overcome these challenges, this paper proposes a spatial saliency-aware strategy that reduces redundant information in spatial and channel dimensions, thus improving the discriminative ability between the target and background. Also, this paper proposes a position estimation mechanism under spatio-temporal joint constraints to fully mine spatio-temporal information and enhance the robustness of the model in complex scenarios. Furthermore, this paper establishes a positive expert group using historical positive samples to assess the reliability of candidate samples, thereby effectively mitigating the filter degradation issue. Ultimately, the effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated through the evaluation of multiple public datasets. The experimental results reveal that this method outperforms others in tracking performance under various challenging conditions.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/era.2025068uav object trackingspatial saliency perceptionpositive expert groupspatio-temporal joint constraints
spellingShingle Changhui Wu
Jinrong Shen
Kaiwei Chen
Yingpin Chen
Yuan Liao
UAV object tracking algorithm based on spatial saliency-aware correlation filter
Electronic Research Archive
uav object tracking
spatial saliency perception
positive expert group
spatio-temporal joint constraints
title UAV object tracking algorithm based on spatial saliency-aware correlation filter
title_full UAV object tracking algorithm based on spatial saliency-aware correlation filter
title_fullStr UAV object tracking algorithm based on spatial saliency-aware correlation filter
title_full_unstemmed UAV object tracking algorithm based on spatial saliency-aware correlation filter
title_short UAV object tracking algorithm based on spatial saliency-aware correlation filter
title_sort uav object tracking algorithm based on spatial saliency aware correlation filter
topic uav object tracking
spatial saliency perception
positive expert group
spatio-temporal joint constraints
url https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/era.2025068
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