Refining Object Detection: Adaptive Anchor Boxes
Goodbye Rigid Boxes, Hello Adaptive Anchors: A New Era for Object Detection Object detection is the backbone of many computer vision applications, from self-driving cars to medical imaging. It involves identifying and localizing objects within an image or video. For years, anchor boxes have been the go-to method for this task, providing a set of pre-defined bounding box shapes at different scales and aspect ratios. While effective, this approach suffers from a crucial limitation: rigidness. Imagine trying to fit square blocks into irregularly shaped holes – that's essentially what using fixed anchor boxes is like. You might miss some objects or generate inaccurate bounding boxes for those with unusual shapes or sizes. Enter Adaptive Anchor Generation, a game-changer in object...