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EdgeBoxes
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EdgeBoxes is an approach for generating object bounding box proposals directly from edges. Similar to segments, edges provide a simplified but informative representation of an image. In fact, line drawings of an image can accurately convey the high-level information contained in an image using only a small fraction of the information.
The main insight behind the method is the observation: the number of contours wholly enclosed by a bounding box is indicative of the likelihood of the box containing an object. We say a contour is wholly enclosed by a box if all edge pixels belonging to the contour lie within the interior of the box. Edges tend to correspond to object boundaries, and as such boxes that tightly enclose a set of edges are likely to contain an object. However, some edges that lie within an object’s bounding box may not be part of the contained object. Specifically, edge pixels that belong to contours straddling the box’s boundaries are likely to correspond to objects or structures that lie outside the box.
Source: Zitnick and Dollar
Papers archive 2025-07-28
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Learning Objectness from Sonar Images for Class-Independent Object Detection 1 Jul 2019 · 0 repositories · arXiv:1907.00734
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Cascaded Sparse Spatial Bins for Efficient and Effective Generic Object Detection 27 Apr 2015 · 0 repositories · arXiv:1504.07029
Tasks archive 2025-07-28
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| Task | Papers |
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| Object Detection | 2 |
| object-detection | 2 |
| Template Matching | 1 |
Usage over time archive 2025-07-28
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