mlsanityData to 14 Oct 2026

KAMERA: Enhancing Aerial Surveys of Ice-associated Seals in Arctic Environments

arXiv 2509.19129 ↗First posted 23 Sep 2025cs.CVcited by 0

Not on the map. Why?

Abstract (arXiv)

We introduce KAMERA: a comprehensive system for multi-camera, multi-spectral synchronization and real-time detection of seals and polar bears. Utilized in aerial surveys for ice-associated seals in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas around Alaska, KAMERA provides up to an 80% reduction in dataset processing time over previous methods. Our rigorous calibration and hardware synchronization enable using multiple spectra for object detection. All collected data are annotated with metadata so they can be easily referenced later. All imagery and animal detections from a survey are mapped onto a world plane for accurate surveyed area estimates and quick assessment of survey results. We hope KAMERA will inspire other mapping and detection efforts in the scientific community, with all software, models, and schematics fully open-sourced.

Key facts. No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026). Builds on 11 of its 41 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 23 Sep 2025.

Builds on

11 of 41 references.

References · 11

  1. 2016Feature Pyramid Networks for Object Detectioncited by 5,036
  2. 2015SSD: Single Shot MultiBox Detectorcited by 3,130
  3. 2018YOLOv3: An Incremental Improvementcited by 2,659
  4. 2019SuperGlue: Learning Feature Matching with Graph Neural Networkscited by 1,443
  5. 2017SuperPoint: Self-Supervised Interest Point Detection and Descriptioncited by 1,320
  6. 2017Focal Loss for Dense Object Detectioncited by 752
  7. 2024YOLOv9: Learning What You Want to Learn Using Programmable Gradient Informationcited by 425
  8. 2022Robot Operating System 2: Design, Architecture, and Uses In The Wildcited by 199
  9. 2023ALIKED: A Lighter Keypoint and Descriptor Extraction Network via Deformable Transformationcited by 121
  10. 2025HotSpotter - Patterned Species Instance Recognitioncited by 8
  11. 2022ADAPT: An Open-Source sUAS Payload for Real-Time Disaster Prediction and Response with AIcited by 1

Built on by

Not cited yet.