Tailoring Anchor Boxes: Dataset-Specific Object Detection
Fine-Tuning Anchor Boxes: Tailoring Your Object Detection System to Your Dataset Object detection, the ability of computers to identify and locate objects within images or videos, is a fundamental task in computer vision with countless applications. One key component of many object detection algorithms are anchor boxes: pre-defined bounding boxes of various sizes and aspect ratios that serve as initial guesses for potential object locations. While default anchor box sets work reasonably well for general datasets like COCO, fine-tuning these anchors to your specific dataset can significantly improve performance. Why Fine-Tuning Matters: Dataset Specificity: Different datasets have unique characteristics in terms of object sizes, shapes, and distributions. A "one-size-fits-all" anchor box set might not capture these nuances effectively. Improved Accuracy:...