Papers

Selected Publications

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2024

Joint Learning of Blind Super-Resolution and Crack Segmentation for Realistic Degraded Images
Yuki Kondo, Norimichi Ukita
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM)
[Paper] [arXiv] [Project Page] [Code] 

Pointing Gesture Understanding via Visual Prompting and Visual Question Answering for Interactive Robot Navigation
Kosei Tanada, Shigemichi Matsuzaki, Kazuhito Tanaka, Shintaro Nakaoka, Yuki Kondo, Yuto Mori
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Workshops 2024.
[Paper]

2023

MVA2023 Small Object Detection Challenge for Spotting Birds: Dataset, Methods, and Results
Yuki Kondo, Norimichi Ukita, Takayuki Yamaguchi et al.
International Conference on Machine Vision and Applications (MVA)
[Paper] [arXiv] [Project Page] [Code] 

2022

Neural image enhancement and restoration for time-lapse SPM images
Fuma Yasue, Kota Shinjo, Yuki Kondo, Kazutoshi Akita, Hibiki Mitsuboshi, Masamichi Yoshimura, Norimichi Ukita
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP)
[paper]

2021

Crack Segmentation for Low-Resolution Images using Joint Learning with Super-Resolution
Yuki Kondo, Norimichi Ukita
International Conference on Machine Vision and Applications (MVA)
Best Practical Paper Award
[Paper] [Project Page] [Code] 

Journal Papers (Peer-reviewed)

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• Yuki Kondo, Norimichi Ukita,
   Joint Learning of Blind Super-Resolution and Crack Segmentation for Realistic Degraded Images,
   IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), 2024.
   [Paper] [arXiv] [Project Page] [Code]

• Fuma Yasue, Kota Shinjo, Yuki Kondo, Kazutoshi Akita, Hibiki Mitsuboshi, Masamichi Yoshimura, Norimichi Ukita,
   Neural image enhancement and restoration for time-lapse SPM images,
   Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP), 2022.
   [paper]

International Conferences (Peer-reviewed)

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• Kosei Tanada, Shigemichi Matsuzaki, Kazuhito Tanaka, Shintaro Nakaoka, Yuki Kondo, Yuto Mori,
   Pointing Gesture Understanding via Visual Prompting and Visual Question Answering for Interactive Robot Navigation,
   International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Workshops 2024.
   [Paper]

• Yuki Kondo, Norimichi Ukita,
   Crack Segmentation for Low-Resolution Images using Joint Learning with Super-Resolution,
   International Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA) 2021.
   (oral acceptance rate = 19%). Best practical paper award
   [Paper] [Project Page] [Code]

International Conferences (Non Peer-reviewed)

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• Florin-Alexandru Vasluianu et al. (include Yuki Kondo),
   NTIRE 2024 image shadow removal challenge report,
   International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops 2024.
   [paper]
  

• Yuki Kondo, Norimichi Ukita, Takayuki Yamaguchi et al.,
   MVA2023 Small Object Detection Challenge for Spotting Birds: Dataset, Methods, and Results,
   International Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA) 2023.
   [Paper] [arXiv] [Project Page] [Code]
  

• Florin-Alexandru Vasluianu et al. (include Yuki Kondo),
   NTIRE 2023 image shadow removal challenge report,
   International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops 2023.
   [paper]
  

• Goutam Bhat et al. (include Yuki Kondo) ,
   NTIRE 2022 Burst Super-Resolution Challenge,
   International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops 2022.
   [paper]
  

Preprint

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• Yuki Kondo, Riku Miyata, Fuma Yasue, Taito Naruki, Norimichi Ukita,
   NTIRE 2023 Image Shadow Removal Challenge Technical Report: Team IIM_TTI,
   arXiv, 2024.
   [paper]
  

• Tomoki Yoshida, Yuki Kondo, Takahiro Maeda, Kazutoshi Akita, Norimichi Ukita,
   Kernelized Back-Projection Networks for Blind Super Resolution,
   arXiv, 2023.
   [paper]