Enhanced Maritime Monitoring Via Onboard Processing of Raw Multi-Spectral Imagery by Deep Learning

Roberto Del Prete, Gabriele Meoni, Manuel Salvoldi, Domenico Barretta, Maria Daniela Graziano, Nicolas Longépé, Alfredo Renga

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Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications on Earth Observation (EO) satellite data, such as those for vessel detection, are gaining attention for their potential to meet strict bandwidth and latency requirements. While traditional on-ground computing pipelines often rely on heavy post-processing, implementing these techniques onboard satellites is challenging due to limited computing resources. To support the development of efficient onboard data processing strategies, this study compares the performance of object detection on raw data from Sentinel-2 and VENμS missions. The study demonstrates that the proposed two-stage approach with a focus on efficiency is capable of identifying vessels in raw data with minimal pre-processing. Specifically, our method achieved a remarkable Average Precision (AP) of 0.841 on the VENμS dataset.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages1713-1717
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9798350360325
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2024
Event2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2024 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 7 Jul 202412 Jul 2024

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Conference

Conference2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2024
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period7/07/2412/07/24

Keywords

  • Machine Learning
  • Multi-Spectral
  • Raw Data
  • Vessel Detection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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