100 lines of code for shape-based object localization

• We introduce a simple and effective concept for localizing objects in densely cluttered edge images based on shape information. The shape information is characterized by a binary template of the object's contour, provided to search for object instances in the image. We adopt a segment-based search strategy, in which the template is divided into a set of segments. In this work, we propose our own segment representation that we callone-pixel segment (OPS), in which each pixel in the template is treated as a separate segment. This is done to achieve high flexibility that is required to account for intra-class variations. OPS representation can also handle scale changes effectively. A dynamic programming algorithm uses the OPS representation to realize the search process, enabling a detailed localization of the object boundaries in the image. The concept's simplicity is reflected in the ease of implementation, as the paper's title suggests. The algorithm works directly with very noisy edge images extracted using the Canny edge detector, without the need for any preprocessing or learning steps. We present our experiments and show that our results outperform those of very powerful, state-of-the-art algorithms.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Signalbehandling (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Signal Processing (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datavetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Sciences (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datorseende och robotik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Vision and Robotics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Object detection

Boundary localization

Deformable templates

Dynamic programming

Contour segments

One-pixel segment (OPS)

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