High-resolution remotely sensed small target detection by imitating fly visual perception mech\-a\-nism (Q764209)

Summary: The difficulty and limitation of small target detection methods for high-resolution remote sensing data have been a recent research hot spot. Inspired by the information capture and processing theory of the fly visual system, this paper endeavors to construct a characterized model of information perception and make use of the advantages of fast and accurate small target detection under complex varied nature environments. The proposed model forms a theoretical basis of small target detection for high-resolution remote sensing data. After the comparison of a prevailing simulation mechanism behind the fly visual systems, we propose a fly-imitated visual system method of information processing for high-resolution remote sensing data. A small target detector and corresponding detection algorithm are designed by simulating the mechanism of information acquisition, compression, and fusion of the fly visual system and the function of pool cells and the character of nonlinear self-adaption. Experiments verify the feasibility and rationality of the proposed small target detection model and the fly-imitated visual perception method.