Detection of objects on the ocean surface from a UAV with visual and thermal cameras: A machine learning approach

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can provide great value in off-shore operations that require aerial surveillance, for example by detecting objects on the water surface. For efficient operations by autonomous aerial surveillance, a reliable automatic detection system must be in place: one that will limit the amount of false negatives, but not at the expense of too many false positives. In this pape...