HQ-SFM: A Quantum-Photon Inspired Multi-Modal Fusion Framework for Noise-Robust Satellite Imaging

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Autore principale: Al Dahlake, Rana
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contents <p>This preprint presents HQ-SFM, a quantum-photon inspired multi-modal fusion framework designed to enhance robustness in satellite imaging under realistic spaceborne degradation conditions. The proposed architecture integrates heterogeneous sensing modalities, including RGB, hyperspectral, thermal infrared, and SAR data, through modality-specific encoders, cross-modal attention, and noise-aware gating mechanisms.</p> <p> </p> <p>Unlike conventional fusion approaches that assume stationary noise and stable modality availability, HQ-SFM explicitly models modality reliability and non-stationary degradation, enabling adaptive reweighting under noise, partial modality loss, and temporal distribution shift. The quantum-photon component is introduced as an abstract, plug-in noise-awareness interface inspired by photon-level uncertainty modeling, allowing future integration with hardware-based quantum or photon-counting sensors.</p> <p> </p> <p>Experimental evaluations demonstrate consistent improvements in image quality and robustness compared to early-fusion and transformer-based baselines across multiple degradation scenarios. This work targets applications in Earth observation and planetary imaging, particularly for resource-constrained platforms such as CubeSats.</p>
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spellingShingle HQ-SFM: A Quantum-Photon Inspired Multi-Modal Fusion Framework for Noise-Robust Satellite Imaging
Al Dahlake, Rana
Multimodal Image Fusion
Remote Sensing
Satellite Imaging
Noise-Robust Learning
Cross-Modal Attention
Hyperspectral Imaging
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Quantum-Inspired Models
<p>This preprint presents HQ-SFM, a quantum-photon inspired multi-modal fusion framework designed to enhance robustness in satellite imaging under realistic spaceborne degradation conditions. The proposed architecture integrates heterogeneous sensing modalities, including RGB, hyperspectral, thermal infrared, and SAR data, through modality-specific encoders, cross-modal attention, and noise-aware gating mechanisms.</p> <p> </p> <p>Unlike conventional fusion approaches that assume stationary noise and stable modality availability, HQ-SFM explicitly models modality reliability and non-stationary degradation, enabling adaptive reweighting under noise, partial modality loss, and temporal distribution shift. The quantum-photon component is introduced as an abstract, plug-in noise-awareness interface inspired by photon-level uncertainty modeling, allowing future integration with hardware-based quantum or photon-counting sensors.</p> <p> </p> <p>Experimental evaluations demonstrate consistent improvements in image quality and robustness compared to early-fusion and transformer-based baselines across multiple degradation scenarios. This work targets applications in Earth observation and planetary imaging, particularly for resource-constrained platforms such as CubeSats.</p>
title HQ-SFM: A Quantum-Photon Inspired Multi-Modal Fusion Framework for Noise-Robust Satellite Imaging
topic Multimodal Image Fusion
Remote Sensing
Satellite Imaging
Noise-Robust Learning
Cross-Modal Attention
Hyperspectral Imaging
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Quantum-Inspired Models
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18001618