Object Detection Termination Based on Integration Time Estimation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing object detection techniques struggle to guarantee the completion of integration processes within a predetermined time, leading to incomplete detection results and erroneous tracking, especially when executed on embedded systems like mobile terminals and on-vehicle devices.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that includes an input unit for image data, a detection unit for object detection, an integration unit for integrating detected objects, an estimation unit to estimate the integration time, and a termination unit to terminate the detection process based on the estimated integration time and elapsed time, ensuring the integration process is completed within a predetermined time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the object detection process is executed completely without termination, then detection accuracy is improved, but the processing time exceeds the predetermined time limit
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary estimation of the integration time required to process all detected objects before actually executing the complete detection and integration process. This allows the system to determine in advance whether the detection process should be terminated early to meet time constraints, thereby resolving the contradiction between completing detection for accuracy and terminating early for time efficiency.
2Productivity
If the detection process is terminated early to meet time constraints, then processing speed is improved, but integration completeness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from the estimated integration time to dynamically control the detection process termination. The estimation unit provides feedback about the required integration time, and the termination unit uses this feedback to decide whether to terminate the detection process early, ensuring that integration can be completed reliably within the remaining time while maintaining processing speed.
3Loss of time
If non-integrated detection results are output due to early termination, then real-time characteristic is improved, but subsequent process efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary estimation of integration time before termination to ensure that even when detection is terminated early, the integration of detected objects can be completed fully. This preliminary action guarantees that integrated results are output rather than non-integrated results, maintaining subsequent process efficiency while still meeting real-time constraints.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes: an input unit configured to input image data; a detection unit configured to execute a detection process that detects a plurality of objects from the input image data; an integration unit configured to, after the detection process ends, integrate the plurality of detected objects on the basis of respective positions of the plurality of detected objects in the image data; an estimation unit configured to, before the detection process ends, estimate an integration time required for the integration unit to integrate the plurality of detected objects; and a termination unit configured to terminate the detection process by the detection unit on the basis of the estimated integration time and an elapsed time of the detection process by the detection unit.