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R-CNN for Small Object Detection

Author(s): Chen, Chenyi; Liu, Ming-Yu; Tuzel, Oncel; Xiao, Jianxiong

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Abstract: Existing object detection literature focuses on detecting a big object covering a large part of an image. The problem of detecting a small object covering a small part of an image is largely ignored. As a result, the state-of-the-art object detection algorithm renders unsatisfactory performance as applied to detect small objects in images. In this paper, we dedicate an effort to bridge the gap. We first compose a benchmark dataset tailored for the small object detection problem to better evaluate the small object detection performance. We then augment the state-of-the-art R-CNN algorithm with a context model and a small region proposal generator to improve the small object detection performance. We conduct extensive experimental validations for studying various design choices. Experiment results show that the augmented R-CNN algorithm improves the mean average precision by 29.8% over the original R-CNN algorithm on detecting small objects.
Publication Date: 2016
Citation: Chen, Chenyi, Ming-Yu Liu, Oncel Tuzel, and Jianxiong Xiao. "R-CNN for Small Object Detection." In Asian Conference on Computer Vision (2016): pp. 214-230. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54193-8_14
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54193-8_14
ISSN: 0302-9743
EISSN: 1611-3349
Pages: 214 - 230
Type of Material: Conference Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: Asian Conference on Computer Vision
Version: Final published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy.



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