A Survey on Infrared Image and Video Sets

TL;DR

This survey compiles and categorizes 92 infrared image and video datasets, providing detailed descriptions and analysis to aid AI and computer vision researchers working with IR data.

Contribution

It offers a comprehensive categorization and detailed overview of publicly available IR datasets, serving as a valuable resource for researchers in the field.

Findings

Catalogs 92 IR datasets with detailed descriptions

Analyzes the datasets based on sensor types and application areas

Provides insights into IR imaging fundamentals and dataset significance

Abstract

In this survey, we compile a list of publicly available infrared image and video sets for artificial intelligence and computer vision researchers. We mainly focus on IR image and video sets which are collected and labelled for computer vision applications such as object detection, object segmentation, classification, and motion detection. We categorize 92 different publicly available or private sets according to their sensor types, image resolution, and scale. We describe each and every set in detail regarding their collection purpose, operation environment, optical system properties, and area of application. We also cover a general overview of fundamental concepts that relate to IR imagery, such as IR radiation, IR detectors, IR optics and application fields. We analyse the statistical significance of the entire corpus from different perspectives. We believe that this survey will be a guideline for computer vision and artificial intelligence researchers that are interested in working with the spectra beyond the visible domain.