Can Unsupervised Segmentation Reduce Annotation Costs for Video Semantic Segmentation?
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| author | Some, Samik Namboodiri, Vinay P. |
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| contents | Present-day deep neural networks for video semantic segmentation require a large number of fine-grained pixel-level annotations to achieve the best possible results. Obtaining such annotations, however, is very expensive. On the other hand, raw, unannotated video frames are practically free to obtain. Similarly, coarse annotations, which do not require precise boundaries, are also much cheaper. This paper investigates approaches to reduce the annotation cost required for video segmentation datasets by utilising such resources. We show that using state-of-the-art segmentation foundation models, Segment Anything Model (SAM) and Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM 2), we can utilise both unannotated frames as well as coarse annotations to alleviate the effort required for manual annotation of video segmentation datasets by automating mask generation. Our investigation suggests that if used appropriately, we can reduce the need for annotation by a third with similar performance for video semantic segmentation. More significantly, our analysis suggests that the variety of frames in the dataset is more important than the number of frames for obtaining the best performance. |
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| spellingShingle | Can Unsupervised Segmentation Reduce Annotation Costs for Video Semantic Segmentation? Some, Samik Namboodiri, Vinay P. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Present-day deep neural networks for video semantic segmentation require a large number of fine-grained pixel-level annotations to achieve the best possible results. Obtaining such annotations, however, is very expensive. On the other hand, raw, unannotated video frames are practically free to obtain. Similarly, coarse annotations, which do not require precise boundaries, are also much cheaper. This paper investigates approaches to reduce the annotation cost required for video segmentation datasets by utilising such resources. We show that using state-of-the-art segmentation foundation models, Segment Anything Model (SAM) and Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM 2), we can utilise both unannotated frames as well as coarse annotations to alleviate the effort required for manual annotation of video segmentation datasets by automating mask generation. Our investigation suggests that if used appropriately, we can reduce the need for annotation by a third with similar performance for video semantic segmentation. More significantly, our analysis suggests that the variety of frames in the dataset is more important than the number of frames for obtaining the best performance. |
| title | Can Unsupervised Segmentation Reduce Annotation Costs for Video Semantic Segmentation? |
| topic | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27697 |