Proposes class-agnostic object detection to handle all objects without class labels.
problem Difficulty and cost in creating annotated datasets limit conventional object detection models to specific object types.
method Proposes class-agnostic object detection as a new problem and proposes training and evaluation protocols. Uses adversarial learning to exclude class-specific information.
result Adversarial learning improves class-agnostic detection efficacy.
Paper presents attacks on real-time object detection systems.
problem Adversarial attacks on real-time object detection systems.
method Three targeted adversarial Objectness Gradient attacks (TOG).
result Adversarial attacks can cause object-vanishing, object-fabrication, and object-mislabeling.
We present a novel approach to weakly supervised object detection. Instead of annotated images, our method only requires two short videos to learn to detect a new object: 1) a video of a moving object and 2) one or more "negative" videos of the scene without the object. The key idea of our algorithm is to train the obj…
In this paper, we demonstrate a physical adversarial patch attack against object detectors, notably the YOLOv3 detector. Unlike previous work on physical object detection attacks, which required the patch to overlap with the objects being misclassified or avoiding detection, we show that a properly designed patch can s…
We propose to jointly learn multi-view geometry and warping between views of the same object instances for robust cross-view object detection. What makes multi-view object instance detection difficult are strong changes in viewpoint, lighting conditions, high similarity of neighbouring objects, and strong variability i…
Robots detect and recognize objects in real-time for better manipulation.
problem Real-time object detection and recognition for humanoid robots.
method Modified YOLOv3 algorithm, quantization, and re-arrangement of layers for low-compute NAO robots.
result Robots can perform real-time detection, recognition, and localization of objects.
We propose UOLO, a novel framework for the simultaneous detection and segmentation of structures of interest in medical images. UOLO consists of an object segmentation module which intermediate abstract representations are processed and used as input for object detection. The resulting system is optimized simultaneousl…
New method calibrates confidence for object detection and segmentation models.
problem Intrinsically miscalibrated confidence estimates in object detection and segmentation models.
method Introduces multivariate confidence calibration for object detection and segmentation, extending ECE.
result Improves calibration, positively impacts segmentation quality.
Deep object detection improves mitotic nucleus detection in breast cancer biopsies.
problem Challenges in automated mitotic nucleus detection in breast cancer histopathological images.
method Adapted Mask R-CNN for deep object detection, initially selects candidate regions with maximum recall, refines them with multi-object loss function.
result Improved discrimination ability (F-score of 0.86) and significant precision (0.86) for mitotic nuclei compared to two-stage models.
Novel framework for unbiased confidence estimates in object detection.
problem Unbiased confidence estimates for safety-critical object detection.
method Combines regression output with additional information for calibration.
result Calibrated confidence estimates for image location and scale.
The Familiarity Hypothesis explains deep open set methods' success in detecting novel objects.
problem Detecting novel objects in open set recognition problems.
method Logits-based detection of absence of familiar features.
result Familiarity-based detection fails in scenarios with both novel and familiar objects.
Object detection models shipped with camera-equipped edge devices cannot cover the objects of interest for every user. Therefore, the incremental learning capability is a critical feature for a robust and personalized object detection system that many applications would rely on. In this paper, we present an efficient y…
A method detects vehicles far from tunnel CCTV using AI.
problem Tunnel CCTV's height limits detection of far-away vehicles.
method Object detection algorithm with inverse perspective transform.
result Deep learning model trained on warped images detects vehicles more accurately.
New methods detect objects in industrial settings with little training data.
problem Lack of training data limits object detection in industrial settings.
method Adapted Faster R-CNN and Scaled Yolov4-p5 architectures for small training data.
result Both models can distinguish unknown objects from homogeneous backgrounds.
CST-YOLO improves blood cell detection with YOLOv7 and CNN-Swin Transformer.
problem Small-scale object detection in blood cells.
method YOLOv7 architecture enhanced with CNN-Swin Transformer, W-ELAN, MCS, CatConv.
result CST-YOLO achieves 92.7%, 95.6%, and 91.1% mAP@0.5 on three blood cell datasets.
The paper examines uncertainty calibration for object detection models in autonomous driving.
problem Uncertainty in object detection predictions and its calibration.
method Definition and evaluation of semantic and spatial uncertainty, calibration methods for uncertainty distributions.
result Calibrated uncertainty improves the overall performance of object detection models in real-world scenarios.
Graph neural networks detect anomalies in object-centric business processes.
problem Detecting anomalies in graph-like business processes.
method Graph convolutional autoencoder architecture for anomaly detection.
result Promising performance in detecting anomalies at the activity type and attributes level.
New method improves object detection models for long-tailed datasets.
problem Classifier imbalance in long-tail object detection datasets.
method Balanced Group Softmax (BAGS) module for balanced training of classifiers.
result Significantly improves performance of object detection models.
Object detection in road scenes is necessary to develop both autonomous vehicles and driving assistance systems. Even if deep neural networks for recognition task have shown great performances using conventional images, they fail to detect objects in road scenes in complex acquisition situations. In contrast, polarizat…
Cooperative perception improves 3D object detection in autonomous vehicles.
problem Limited field-of-view and occlusion in single sensor data.
method Early fusion of point clouds from multiple sensors, late fusion of independently detected bounding boxes, and hybrid combination.
result Early fusion approach outperforms late fusion by significantly higher recall (95%) compared to single-point sensing (30%).
The ability to detect objects regardless of image distortions or weather conditions is crucial for real-world applications of deep learning like autonomous driving. We here provide an easy-to-use benchmark to assess how object detection models perform when image quality degrades. The three resulting benchmark datasets,…
This paper proposes a technique for the unsupervised detection and tracking of arbitrary objects in videos. It is intended to reduce the need for detection and localization methods tailored to specific object types and serve as a general framework applicable to videos with varied objects, backgrounds, and image qualiti…
For many automated driving functions, a highly accurate perception of the vehicle environment is a crucial prerequisite. Modern high-resolution radar sensors generate multiple radar targets per object, which makes these sensors particularly suitable for the 2D object detection task. This work presents an approach to de…
A novel UNet detector detects sheep in UAV imagery.
problem Detecting small objects (sheep) in UAV imagery.
method Developed a novel dataset, used various object detectors, and evaluated their performance.
result UNet detector with weighted Hausdorff distance is best for sheep detection.
Supervised object detection and semantic segmentation require object or even pixel level annotations. When there exist image level labels only, it is challenging for weakly supervised algorithms to achieve accurate predictions. The accuracy achieved by top weakly supervised algorithms is still significantly lower than …
PiVoT improves real-time multi-object detection and tracking in clutter.
problem Challenges in multi-object detection and tracking from noisy point clouds.
method Variational inference for fast, clutter-resilient multi-object tracking.
result Substantial performance improvement over existing Bayesian trackers.
We develop a novel method for detection of signals and reconstruction of images in the presence of random noise. The method uses results from percolation theory. We specifically address the problem of detection of multiple objects of unknown shapes in the case of nonparametric noise. The noise density is unknown and ca…
ProbKT uses probabilistic logical reasoning to train object detection models with weak supervision.
problem Training object detection models requires instance-level annotations, which are often unavailable.
method ProbKT, a framework based on probabilistic logical reasoning, uses arbitrary types of weak supervision.
result ProbKT leads to significant improvement and better generalization compared to existing baselines.
Generative models create indistinguishable adversarial objects for object detection.
problem Creating unrestricted adversarial examples for object detection.
method Search over latent space of GAN for adversarial objects.
result Generated adversarial objects are indistinguishable from non-adversarial objects and transferable.
3D object detection improved using energy-based models.
problem Accurate 3D object detection in cluttered environments from sparse LiDAR data.
method Designing a differentiable pooling operator for 3D bounding boxes integrated into a state-of-the-art 3D object detector.
result Our approach consistently outperforms the SA-SSD baseline across all 3DOD metrics on the KITTI dataset.
Graph Neural Networks improve 3D object detection in LiDAR point clouds.
problem Challenges in processing LiDAR data due to its 3D geometry and massive volume.
method Proposes a Graph Neural Network (GNN) based framework for 3D object detection.
result GNNs successfully identify objects in 3D LiDAR point clouds.
Improved object detection for scientific document images.
problem Current object detectors fail to accurately localize regions in scientific document images.
method Revised R-CNN model with region embedding for fine-grained proposals.
result 17% mAP improvement over standard object detection models.
We propose a tool-use model that can detect the features of tools, target objects, and actions from the provided effects of object manipulation. We construct a model that enables robots to manipulate objects with tools, using infant learning as a concept. To realize this, we train sensory-motor data recorded during a t…
Enhances nighttime vehicle detection using style transfer and augmentation.
problem Nighttime object detection challenges due to lack of lighting and glare.
method Day-to-night style transfer and labeling-free augmentation with CARLA synthetic data.
result Significant improvements in nighttime vehicle detection with YOLO11 model.
TokenCut detects and segments objects in images and videos without supervision.
problem Detecting and segmenting salient objects in images and videos without labeled data.
method Graph-based approach using self-supervised transformer features and Normalized Cut algorithm.
result Achieves state-of-the-art results on various detection and segmentation tasks.
New method improves reliability of object detection models.
problem Lack of reliability in neural networks for safety-critical applications.
method Sequential Conformal Risk Control (SeqCRC) for object detection.
result Valid statistical guarantees for any dataset size without prior knowledge.
Paper proposes an efficient method for bounding box annotation in object detection.
problem Manual annotation of bounding boxes is tedious and resource-intensive.
method Iterative training of object detector on small batches of labeled images, with human annotator correcting errors.
result Significant reduction in human annotation effort, up to 75%.
Object detection in still images has drawn a lot of attention over past few years, and with the advent of Deep Learning impressive performances have been achieved with numerous industrial applications. Most of these deep learning models rely on RGB images to localize and identify objects in the image. However in some a…
Cascade classifiers are widely used in real-time object detection. Different from conventional classifiers that are designed for a low overall classification error rate, a classifier in each node of the cascade is required to achieve an extremely high detection rate and moderate false positive rate. Although there are …
A new framework uses information theory to detect anomalies in images without labeled data.
problem Detect anomalies in images without labeled data.
method A direct objective function using information theory to maximize the distance between normal and anomalous data.
result The proposed framework significantly outperforms state-of-the-arts on multiple benchmark datasets.
New method compares community detection algorithms without ground truth.
problem Comparing community detection algorithms without ground truth.
method Integrates any objective with its implicit generative model.
result More expressive methods consistently outperform others.
Dataset for object detection at Oktoberfest beer tent.
problem Realistic object detection in a busy, diverse setting.
method Hand-annotated 1,110 images, provided trained models.
result Challenging dataset for object detection.
PFPN improves salient object detection by progressively polishing multi-level features.
problem Improving salient object detection by refining multi-level features.
method Progressive Feature Polishing Network (PFPN) with Feature Polishing Modules (FPMs).
result PFPN achieves superior performance on five benchmark datasets without post-processing.
RCS-YOLO improves brain tumor detection speed and accuracy.
problem Efficiently detecting brain tumors with high accuracy and speed.
method Proposes RCS-YOLO, a fast and accurate brain tumor detector using YOLO with Reparameterized Convolution and channel Shuffle.
result RCS-YOLO outperforms other YOLO versions in speed and accuracy on brain tumor detection.
Deep learning improves anomaly detection across various fields.
problem Detecting anomalies in data with advanced approaches.
method Survey of deep learning methods for anomaly detection.
result Advancements in deep anomaly detection address unique challenges.
In this paper, we propose to apply object detection methods from the vision domain on the speech recognition domain, by treating audio fragments as objects. More specifically, we present SpeechYOLO, which is inspired by the YOLO algorithm for object detection in images. The goal of SpeechYOLO is to localize boundaries …
As Super-Resolution (SR) has matured as a research topic, it has been applied to additional topics beyond image reconstruction. In particular, combining classification or object detection tasks with a super-resolution preprocessing stage has yielded improvements in accuracy especially with objects that are small relati…
Improved YOLOv5 model detects mask-wearing with enhanced accuracy.
problem Detecting mask-wearing in high traffic public places.
method Improved YOLOv5l with Multi-Head Attentional Self-Convolution, Swin Transformer Block, I-CBAM module, and enhanced feature fusion.
result 1.1% improvement in mAP(0.5) and 1.3% improvement in mAP(0.5:0.95) compared to YOLOv5l.