Object Detection

Fact

A vision task that names objects and finds them in an image.

In Plain Words

Object detection is I Spy with a highlighter. It says “dog” and draws a box around the muddy little suspect.

It finds objects and their spots in pictures. Cars use it. Security cameras use it. Photo apps use it.

Related Concepts

• Computer Vision
• Image Classification
• Convolutional Neural Network
• COCO Dataset (Common Objects in Context)

Computer Vision
Object detection is a core task in Computer Vision.

Image Class.
It names what an image shows, while detection also finds where the object is.

CNN
Many classic detectors use CNNs to read useful image features.

COCO Dataset
COCO Dataset is often used to train and test object detection models.