Semantic Visual Parameter Mapping for Computer Vision Sensitivity Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing computer vision models face challenges in dealing with open contexts, requiring improved development and testing to ensure safety-critical applications, particularly in automotive systems, where expert opinions on visual parameters can be incomplete or misleading, leading to inefficient training and testing processes.

Innovation Solution

A method for generating a data structure comprising a semantic mapping of visual parameters, which involves obtaining a computer vision model, initial visual parameters, applying a sensitivity analysis to refine these parameters, and creating a language entity-based specification to enhance model performance and safety by defining a refined visual parameter set.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If expert opinions are used to define visual parameters for computer vision model training, then the parameter selection process is simplified, but the completeness and accuracy of the parameter set deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparameter selection processVSAvoidparameter set completeness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically analyzing the computer vision model's own performance characteristics and sensitivity to visual parameters, eliminating the need for external expert opinions. The model itself provides the information needed to identify critical parameters through automated sensitivity analysis and performance evaluation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback loops where the computer vision model's performance scores are continuously evaluated against ground truth data, and sensitivity analysis results are used to refine the visual parameter set. This iterative feedback process ensures both completeness and accuracy of the parameter selection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If a comprehensive visual parameter set is used to ensure model performance, then the model accuracy improves, but the complexity of the parameter space increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemodel performanceVSAvoidparameter space complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the critical visual parameters that have the most significant impact on model performance, separating them from the complete but unnecessary parameter space. Sensitivity analysis identifies and extracts the essential parameters that drive performance variations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The visual parameter space is segmented into critical and non-critical parameters based on sensitivity analysis results. The system focuses on the segmented critical parameters that most affect model performance, reducing the overall complexity while maintaining accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If sensitivity analysis is performed to refine visual parameters, then the parameter quality improves, but the computational time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparameter qualityVSAvoidcomputational time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs partial sensitivity analysis by focusing only on the most influential parameters identified through initial screening, rather than exhaustively analyzing all possible parameters. This partial action approach achieves sufficient parameter quality without excessive computational time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS12567238B2Generating a data structure for specifying visual data sets
Publication Date: 2026.03.03 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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AI summary

Facilitating the description or configuration of a computer vision model by generating a data structure comprising a plurality of language entities defining a semantic mapping of visual parameters to a visual parameter space based on a sensitivity analysis of the computer vision model.