Latest Research in Monocular Depth Estimation

53 research papers · 2026 median publication year

Top Research Topics in Monocular Depth Estimation

Highest-Cited Papers

  1. Repurposing RGB-based Foundation Model for Depth Estimation on Thermal Images Using Hierarchical Supervision
  2. High-precision self-supervised underwater visual odometry via unified image enhancement and coupled cycle consistency
  3. Improved Classification-Based Monocular Depth Estimation for Robust Generalization of Diverse Scenes
  4. Implicit Virtual Leader: Decentralized Vision-Only Relative Pose Estimation for Multi-Robot Formations
  5. An active-learning framework for real-time depth perception from monocular vision streams
  6. MOT-Assisted Object-Level Point Cloud Extraction from Multi-View Observations
  7. DIDAF-Depth: Dual-Path Interaction and Dual-Attention Fusion Network for Self-Supervised Nighttime Monocular Depth Estimation
  8. A Unified Evaluation Protocol and Late-Fusion System for Monocular Per-Object Distance Estimation in Indoor Scenes
  9. MODEST: Multi-Optics Depth-of-Field Stereo Dataset
  10. Dense Metric Depth Completion from Sparse Direct Time-of-Flight Sensors
  11. AI-based single-shot structured-light depth reconstruction for real-time laparoscopic surgical guidance
  12. Improved DPT-Hybrid for Monocular Depth Estimation with Geometry-Enhanced Encoding and Structure-Aware Gated Fusion
  13. A Vision-based Control Framework for Real-time Autonomous UUV Operations
  14. LiteMVS: Efficient Multi-View Stereo with Foundation Distillation and Expert Aggregation
  15. StereoVGGT: A Training-Free Visual Geometry Transformer for Stereo Vision
  16. LapCR-Net: A Lightweight Monocular Depth Estimation Network via Laplacian Residual Reconstruction
  17. PolyLayout: Multi-room Manhattan Layout Estimation
  18. XiDepth: a Lightweight and Efficient Network for Self-supervised Monocular Depth Estimation
  19. GeoStereo: A Unified Stereo Geometry Estimation Framework for Disparity and Surface Normal
  20. Accuracy Does Not Guarantee Human-Likeness: Cross-Domain Human-Centered Benchmark in Monocular Depth Estimation

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Monocular Depth Estimation

53 papers

Top Topics (7)

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition33
Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization6
Advanced Vision and Imaging6
Robotics5
Advanced Neural Network Applications1
Image and Video Processing1
Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques1

Top Publications (20)

1.Repurposing RGB-based Foundation Model for Depth Estimation on Thermal Images Using Hierarchical Supervision2.High-precision self-supervised underwater visual odometry via unified image enhancement and coupled cycle consistency3.Improved Classification-Based Monocular Depth Estimation for Robust Generalization of Diverse Scenes4.Implicit Virtual Leader: Decentralized Vision-Only Relative Pose Estimation for Multi-Robot Formations5.An active-learning framework for real-time depth perception from monocular vision streams6.MOT-Assisted Object-Level Point Cloud Extraction from Multi-View Observations7.DIDAF-Depth: Dual-Path Interaction and Dual-Attention Fusion Network for Self-Supervised Nighttime Monocular Depth Estimation8.A Unified Evaluation Protocol and Late-Fusion System for Monocular Per-Object Distance Estimation in Indoor Scenes9.MODEST: Multi-Optics Depth-of-Field Stereo Dataset10.Dense Metric Depth Completion from Sparse Direct Time-of-Flight Sensors11.AI-based single-shot structured-light depth reconstruction for real-time laparoscopic surgical guidance12.Improved DPT-Hybrid for Monocular Depth Estimation with Geometry-Enhanced Encoding and Structure-Aware Gated Fusion13.A Vision-based Control Framework for Real-time Autonomous UUV Operations14.LiteMVS: Efficient Multi-View Stereo with Foundation Distillation and Expert Aggregation15.StereoVGGT: A Training-Free Visual Geometry Transformer for Stereo Vision16.LapCR-Net: A Lightweight Monocular Depth Estimation Network via Laplacian Residual Reconstruction17.PolyLayout: Multi-room Manhattan Layout Estimation18.XiDepth: a Lightweight and Efficient Network for Self-supervised Monocular Depth Estimation19.GeoStereo: A Unified Stereo Geometry Estimation Framework for Disparity and Surface Normal20.Accuracy Does Not Guarantee Human-Likeness: Cross-Domain Human-Centered Benchmark in Monocular Depth Estimation

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