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AG-ReID.v2: Bridging Aerial and Ground Views for Person Re-Identification
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security IEEE Trans.Inform.Forensic Secur. Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Transactions on. 19:2896-2908 2024
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Computing and Processing
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Cameras
Autonomous aerial vehicles
Image resolution
Computer architecture
Smart glasses
Meters
Drones
Person re-identification
aerial-ground imagery
UAV
CCTV
smart glasses
video surveillance
attribute-guided
three-stream network
Language
ISSN
1556-6013
1556-6021
Abstract
Aerial-ground person re-identification (Re-ID) presents unique challenges in computer vision, stemming from the distinct differences in viewpoints, poses, and resolutions between high-altitude aerial and ground-based cameras. Existing research predominantly focuses on ground-to-ground matching, with aerial matching less explored due to a dearth of comprehensive datasets. To address this, we introduce AG-ReID.v2, a dataset specifically designed for person Re-ID in mixed aerial and ground scenarios. This dataset comprises 100,502 images of 1,615 unique individuals, each annotated with matching IDs and 15 soft attribute labels. Data were collected from diverse perspectives using a UAV, stationary CCTV, and smart glasses-integrated camera, providing a rich variety of intra-identity variations. Additionally, we have developed an explainable attention network tailored for this dataset. This network features a three-stream architecture that efficiently processes pairwise image distances, emphasizes key top-down features, and adapts to variations in appearance due to altitude differences. Comparative evaluations demonstrate the superiority of our approach over existing baselines. We plan to release the dataset and algorithm source code publicly, aiming to advance research in this specialized field of computer vision. For access, please visit https://github.com/huynguyen792/AG-ReID.v2.