Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 8, 081101(2022)

FAANet: feature-aligned attention network for real-time multiple object tracking in UAV videos

Zhenqi Liang1, Jingshi Wang1,2, Gang Xiao1、*, and Liu Zeng1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2Jiangsu Automation Research Institute, Lianyungang 222061, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems and Image Processing

    Received: Feb. 5, 2022

    Accepted: Apr. 28, 2022

    Posted: May. 6, 2022

    Published Online: May. 27, 2022

    The Author Email: Gang Xiao (xiaogang@sjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.081101

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