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New REVIVE framework recovers vandalized AV camera streams

Researchers have developed the REVIVE framework to address vandalism-induced occlusion attacks (VOAs) on autonomous vehicles (AVs). REVIVE integrates detection, pattern identification, segmentation using an EfficientNet-based U-Net, and type-aware recovery methods. The framework employs techniques like BLIP-guided Stable Diffusion inpainting, direct pixel replacement, and adaptive median filtering to restore camera-stream utility after physical occlusion. Evaluations show that direct pixel replacement can significantly restore object-detection recall and F1-score, outperforming other baselines and ensuring the forwarded stream is never worse than the unrecovered frame. AI

IMPACT This framework could improve the reliability and safety of autonomous vehicles by mitigating the impact of vandalism on perception systems.

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New REVIVE framework recovers vandalized AV camera streams

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Abdullah Tariq Choudhry, Tapadhir Das ·

    REVIVE: A Multi-Modal Framework for Vandalism Detection and Recovery in Autonomous Vehicles

    arXiv:2607.05649v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Autonomous vehicles (AVs) face increasing threats from vandalism-induced occlusion attacks (VOAs) that compromise camera-based perception. While detection frameworks can identify vandalized images, restoring camera-stream utility …

  2. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Tapadhir Das ·

    REVIVE: A Multi-Modal Framework for Vandalism Detection and Recovery in Autonomous Vehicles

    Autonomous vehicles (AVs) face increasing threats from vandalism-induced occlusion attacks (VOAs) that compromise camera-based perception. While detection frameworks can identify vandalized images, restoring camera-stream utility after physical occlusion remains underexplored. Th…