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Re-engineering SORT-based algorithms for low-cost small object tracking from omnidirectional footage

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 7, 2026 · UTC

Multi-object tracking (MOT) has advanced rapidly in urban surveillance and autonomous driving, yet many trackers rely on ReID- and transformer-based appearance encoders and are designed for standard FoV cameras. These assumptions break down for low-cost omnidirectional deployments, where equirectangular projection introduces seam discontinuities and targets appear to be small and fast-moving. We address multi-object tracking of flying animals captured in remote environments using omnidirectional cameras. We propose a lightweight framework that re-engineers SORT-based tracking for this geometry

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