SFR-Net: Learning Scale-Frustum Representations for Ultra-Wide Area Remote Sensing Image Segmentation

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Main Authors: Zhong, Chuyu, Chen, Keyan, Yang, Qinzhe, Chen, Bowen, Zou, Zhengxia, Shi, Zhenwei
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author Zhong, Chuyu
Chen, Keyan
Yang, Qinzhe
Chen, Bowen
Zou, Zhengxia
Shi, Zhenwei
author_facet Zhong, Chuyu
Chen, Keyan
Yang, Qinzhe
Chen, Bowen
Zou, Zhengxia
Shi, Zhenwei
contents Pixel count and geographical coverage are two key characteristics of remote sensing images. Existing remote sensing image segmentation methods typically focus on images with either a small pixel count or a large pixel count but limited geographical coverage. In this paper, we introduce a novel segmentation task targeting ultra-wide area (UWA) remote sensing images, characterized by both a large pixel count and extremely wide geographical coverage. The core challenges of UWA segmentation lie in simultaneously handling ground objects with significantly varying scales and maintaining long-range contextual semantic continuity. To address these challenges, we propose the Scale-Frustum Representation Network (SFR-Net). Inspired by the viewing frustums of remote sensing images captured from different altitudes, we construct scale-frustum representations, enabling unified modeling of ground objects and contextual features at different scales. Furthermore, we design a cascaded cross-scale fusion mechanism to effectively integrate these representations, enhancing local semantic understanding while ensuring long-range contextual continuity. Experimental results on GID and FBPS demonstrate that SFR-Net achieves state-of-the-art performance, improving mIoU by 1.72% and 4.29%, respectively, over the strongest competing methods. In addition, the proposed scale-frustum representations can be integrated into generic segmentation networks to improve both segmentation accuracy and convergence speed. The implementation code will be publicly available at https://github.com/ChuyuZhong/SFR-Net.
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spellingShingle SFR-Net: Learning Scale-Frustum Representations for Ultra-Wide Area Remote Sensing Image Segmentation
Zhong, Chuyu
Chen, Keyan
Yang, Qinzhe
Chen, Bowen
Zou, Zhengxia
Shi, Zhenwei
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Pixel count and geographical coverage are two key characteristics of remote sensing images. Existing remote sensing image segmentation methods typically focus on images with either a small pixel count or a large pixel count but limited geographical coverage. In this paper, we introduce a novel segmentation task targeting ultra-wide area (UWA) remote sensing images, characterized by both a large pixel count and extremely wide geographical coverage. The core challenges of UWA segmentation lie in simultaneously handling ground objects with significantly varying scales and maintaining long-range contextual semantic continuity. To address these challenges, we propose the Scale-Frustum Representation Network (SFR-Net). Inspired by the viewing frustums of remote sensing images captured from different altitudes, we construct scale-frustum representations, enabling unified modeling of ground objects and contextual features at different scales. Furthermore, we design a cascaded cross-scale fusion mechanism to effectively integrate these representations, enhancing local semantic understanding while ensuring long-range contextual continuity. Experimental results on GID and FBPS demonstrate that SFR-Net achieves state-of-the-art performance, improving mIoU by 1.72% and 4.29%, respectively, over the strongest competing methods. In addition, the proposed scale-frustum representations can be integrated into generic segmentation networks to improve both segmentation accuracy and convergence speed. The implementation code will be publicly available at https://github.com/ChuyuZhong/SFR-Net.
title SFR-Net: Learning Scale-Frustum Representations for Ultra-Wide Area Remote Sensing Image Segmentation
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.25737