Computer Vision Models Overview

Computer Vision Models

• Computer vision models answer questions about images, such as identifying objects, locating them, pinpointing key points, and defining pixel assignments to objects.
• Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are customizable for specific applications to solve related problems.
• Model outputs typically consist of a label and confidence score (likelihood of correct labeling). This is context-dependent.

Types of Computer Vision Models (CV Models)

• R-CNN: A region-based convolutional neural network.
  • Processes images by first identifying and extracting regions in the image.
  • Computes CNN features within the extracted regions.
  • Classifies the identified regions.
  • The method bypasses the difficulty of selecting a huge number of regions.
  • Proposed by Ross Girshick
  • Utilizes selective search algorithms to extract 2000 regions
  • Warps identified regions into square shapes to feed into a convolutional neural network
  • Produces a 4096-dimensional feature vector as output.
  • CNN acts like a feature extractor.
• Fast R-CNN: A faster alternative to R-CNN.
  • Generates a convolutional feature map instead of feeding region proposals to the CNN.
  • Warps or reshapes regions of interest into a fixed size.
  • Uses a softmax layer to predict class and bounding box offset values.
  • The Convolution operation is done only once per image, making it faster than R-CNN
• Faster R-CNN: An improved version of Fast R-CNN.
  • Retains the speed of Fast R-CNN.
  • Removes the selective search algorithm.
  • Lets the network learn region proposals.
  • Uses a separate network to predict region proposals.
  • Reshapes the identified regions using a ROI pooling layer.
  • Classifies and predicts offset values for bounding boxes.
• YOLO (You Only Look Once): A single-stage object detection algorithm.
  • Processes the whole image rather than regions.
  • Uses parts of the image with high probabilities of containing objects.
  • A single convolutional neural network predicts bounding boxes and class probabilities.
  • Splits an image into an SxS grid, taking m bounding boxes within each grid.
  • Determines class probabilities and offset values for bounding boxes and selects bounding boxes with probabilities above a certain threshold.
  • Significantly faster than other object detection algorithms (e.g., ~45 frames per second).

YOLO Variations

• YOLO v2: Faster, more accurate, with a wider range of object classes.
  • Utilizes Darknet-19 (a variant of VGGNet).
  • Uses anchor boxes to determine final bounding boxes.
  • Implements batch normalization for accuracy and stability.
  • Uses multi-scale training to improve small object detection.
  • Employs a new loss function based on squared error.
• YOLO v3: Aims for improved accuracy and speed, also a new architecture
  • Improved CNN architecture (Darknet-53).
  • Uses anchor boxes with different scales and aspect ratios.
  • Incorporates Feature Pyramid Networks (FPNs).
  • Enhances the handling of varied object sizes and aspect ratios.
• YOLO v4: Leverages a new CNN structure
  • Utilizes CSPNet ("Cross Stage Partial Network") which is a variant of ResNet.
  • Employs a k-means clustering algorithm to generate anchor boxes.
  • Introduces a GHM loss function to handle imbalanced datasets.
  • Improves FPN architecture in previous versions.
• YOLO v5: Aims for higher accuracy and better generalization
  • Employs a more complex architecture (EfficientNet).
  • Includes dynamic anchor boxes.
  • Uses spatial pyramid pooling (SPP).
  • Implements a new loss function (CIoU Loss).
  • Achieves higher detection and classification accuracy.
• YOLO v6: Focuses on increased efficiency
  • Variant of EfficientNet (EfficientNet-L2).
  • Achieves state-of-the-art results on object detection benchmarks.
  • Introduces "dense anchor boxes"
• YOLO v7: Features improved object detection.
  • Utilizes 9 anchor boxes better fitting a range of object shapes and sizes.
  • Uses a focal loss function.
  • Includes a higher resolution (608x608 pixels) compared to previous versions (416x416).

One-stage vs. Two-stage Detectors

• One-stage: Directly predicts bounding boxes; generally faster but less accurate.
• Two-stage: First proposes regions of interest; typically more accurate but slower.

Single-shot vs. Two-shot Object Detection

• Single-shot: Processes the entire input image in one pass. More computationally efficient. Generally less accurate when compared to two-shot.
• Two-shot: Processes the input image in two passes. More accurate but more computationally expensive.

Model Usage (Code)

• Utilizing the ultralytics library is crucial for model implementation.

Limitations of Object Detection Models (general)

• Problems with identifying or detecting small objects.
• Challenges in crowded scenes.
• Difficulty with objects which are far from the camera.
• Susceptibility to changes in lighting.
• Computational limitations.

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