SKD-Net: Spectral-based Knowledge Distillation in Low-Light Thermal Imagery for robotic perception

Aniruddh Sikdar,Jayant Teotia,Suresh Sundaram,Aniruddh Sikdar,Jayant Teotia,Suresh Sundaram

Enhancing the generalization capacity for semantic segmentation of aerial perception systems for safety-critical applications is vital, especially for environments with low-light and adverse conditions. Multi-spectral fusion techniques aim to maintain the merits of electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) images, e.g., retaining low-level features and capturing detailed textures from both modalities...