| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| CNN | Convolutional Neural Network |
| COCO | Common Objects in Context |
| DPM | Deformable Parts Model |
| DCSCN | Deep CNN with Skip Connection and Network in Network |
| FPN | Feature Pyramid Network |
| FPS | Frames per Second |
| GFD | Generic Fourier Descriptor |
| GPU | Graphics Processing Unit |
| HOG | Histogram of Oriented Gradients |
| IoU | Intersection over Union |
| KCF | Kernelized Correlation Filter |
| LBP | Local Binary Pattern |
| LSTM | Long short-term memory |
| MPEG4 | Moving Picture Experts Group |
| RAM | Random-access memory |
| ReLU | Rectified linear unit |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| RGB | Red, Green and Blue |
| R-CNN | Region-based Convolutional Neural Network |
| ROC | Receiver operating characteristic |
| RPN | Region Proposal Network |
| SAR | Search and Rescue |
| SIFT | Scale-Invariant Feature Transform |
| SGD | Stochastic Gradient Descent |
| SSD | Single Shot Detector |
| SVM | Support Vector Machine |
| UAS | Unmanned Aerial System |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| USC | University of Southern California |
| VGG | Visual Geometry Group |
| VOC | Visual Object Classes |
| YOLO | You Only Look Once |