From SAM to SAM 2: Exploring Improvements in Meta's Segment Anything Model

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Main Authors: Geetha, Athulya Sundaresan, Hussain, Muhammad
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Published: 2024
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author Geetha, Athulya Sundaresan
Hussain, Muhammad
author_facet Geetha, Athulya Sundaresan
Hussain, Muhammad
contents The Segment Anything Model (SAM), introduced to the computer vision community by Meta in April 2023, is a groundbreaking tool that allows automated segmentation of objects in images based on prompts such as text, clicks, or bounding boxes. SAM excels in zero-shot performance, segmenting unseen objects without additional training, stimulated by a large dataset of over one billion image masks. SAM 2 expands this functionality to video, leveraging memory from preceding and subsequent frames to generate accurate segmentation across entire videos, enabling near real-time performance. This comparison shows how SAM has evolved to meet the growing need for precise and efficient segmentation in various applications. The study suggests that future advancements in models like SAM will be crucial for improving computer vision technology.
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spellingShingle From SAM to SAM 2: Exploring Improvements in Meta's Segment Anything Model
Geetha, Athulya Sundaresan
Hussain, Muhammad
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
The Segment Anything Model (SAM), introduced to the computer vision community by Meta in April 2023, is a groundbreaking tool that allows automated segmentation of objects in images based on prompts such as text, clicks, or bounding boxes. SAM excels in zero-shot performance, segmenting unseen objects without additional training, stimulated by a large dataset of over one billion image masks. SAM 2 expands this functionality to video, leveraging memory from preceding and subsequent frames to generate accurate segmentation across entire videos, enabling near real-time performance. This comparison shows how SAM has evolved to meet the growing need for precise and efficient segmentation in various applications. The study suggests that future advancements in models like SAM will be crucial for improving computer vision technology.
title From SAM to SAM 2: Exploring Improvements in Meta's Segment Anything Model
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06305