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Main Authors: Liang, Siyuan, Wang, Wei, Chen, Ruoyu, Liu, Aishan, Wu, Boxi, Chang, Ee-Chien, Cao, Xiaochun, Tao, Dacheng
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16271
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author Liang, Siyuan
Wang, Wei
Chen, Ruoyu
Liu, Aishan
Wu, Boxi
Chang, Ee-Chien
Cao, Xiaochun
Tao, Dacheng
author_facet Liang, Siyuan
Wang, Wei
Chen, Ruoyu
Liu, Aishan
Wu, Boxi
Chang, Ee-Chien
Cao, Xiaochun
Tao, Dacheng
contents With the emergence of foundation models, deep learning-based object detectors have shown practical usability in closed set scenarios. However, for real-world tasks, object detectors often operate in open environments, where crucial factors (e.g., data distribution, objective) that influence model learning are often changing. The dynamic and intricate nature of the open environment poses novel and formidable challenges to object detectors. Unfortunately, current research on object detectors in open environments lacks a comprehensive analysis of their distinctive characteristics, challenges, and corresponding solutions, which hinders their secure deployment in critical real-world scenarios. This paper aims to bridge this gap by conducting a comprehensive review and analysis of object detectors in open environments. We initially identified limitations of key structural components within the existing detection pipeline and propose the open environment object detector challenge framework that includes four quadrants (i.e., out-of-domain, out-of-category, robust learning, and incremental learning) based on the dimensions of the data / target changes. For each quadrant of challenges in the proposed framework, we present a detailed description and systematic analysis of the overarching goals and core difficulties, systematically review the corresponding solutions, and benchmark their performance over multiple widely adopted datasets. In addition, we engage in a discussion of open problems and potential avenues for future research. This paper aims to provide a fresh, comprehensive, and systematic understanding of the challenges and solutions associated with open-environment object detectors, thus catalyzing the development of more solid applications in real-world scenarios. A project related to this survey can be found at https://github.com/LiangSiyuan21/OEOD_Survey.
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spellingShingle Object Detectors in the Open Environment: Challenges, Solutions, and Outlook
Liang, Siyuan
Wang, Wei
Chen, Ruoyu
Liu, Aishan
Wu, Boxi
Chang, Ee-Chien
Cao, Xiaochun
Tao, Dacheng
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
With the emergence of foundation models, deep learning-based object detectors have shown practical usability in closed set scenarios. However, for real-world tasks, object detectors often operate in open environments, where crucial factors (e.g., data distribution, objective) that influence model learning are often changing. The dynamic and intricate nature of the open environment poses novel and formidable challenges to object detectors. Unfortunately, current research on object detectors in open environments lacks a comprehensive analysis of their distinctive characteristics, challenges, and corresponding solutions, which hinders their secure deployment in critical real-world scenarios. This paper aims to bridge this gap by conducting a comprehensive review and analysis of object detectors in open environments. We initially identified limitations of key structural components within the existing detection pipeline and propose the open environment object detector challenge framework that includes four quadrants (i.e., out-of-domain, out-of-category, robust learning, and incremental learning) based on the dimensions of the data / target changes. For each quadrant of challenges in the proposed framework, we present a detailed description and systematic analysis of the overarching goals and core difficulties, systematically review the corresponding solutions, and benchmark their performance over multiple widely adopted datasets. In addition, we engage in a discussion of open problems and potential avenues for future research. This paper aims to provide a fresh, comprehensive, and systematic understanding of the challenges and solutions associated with open-environment object detectors, thus catalyzing the development of more solid applications in real-world scenarios. A project related to this survey can be found at https://github.com/LiangSiyuan21/OEOD_Survey.
title Object Detectors in the Open Environment: Challenges, Solutions, and Outlook
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16271