Quasi-synthetic data generation for camouflaged object detection at edge

Rohan Putatunda; Md Azim Khan; Aryya Gangopadhyay; Jianwu Wang; Robert F. Erbacher

doi:10.1117/12.2678034

13 June 2023 Quasi-synthetic data generation for camouflaged object detection at edge

Rohan Putatunda, Md Azim Khan, Aryya Gangopadhyay, Jianwu Wang, Robert F. Erbacher

Proceedings Volume 12529, Synthetic Data for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Tools, Techniques, and Applications; 1252916 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678034
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2023, Orlando, Florida, United States

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Detecting camouflaged objects is crucial in various applications such as military surveillance, wildlife conservation, and in search and rescue operations. However, the limited availability of camouflaged object data poses a significant challenge in developing accurate detection models. This paper proposes a quasi-synthetic data generation by image compositing combined with attention-based deep learning-based harmonization methodology to generate feature-enriched realistic images for camouflaged objects under varying scenarios. In our work, we developed a diverse set of images to simulate different environmental conditions, including lighting, shadows, fog, dust, and snow, to test our proposed methodology. The intention of generating such photo-realistic images is to increase the robustness of the model with the additional benefit of data augmentation for training our camouflaged object detection model(COD). Furthermore, we evaluate our approach using state-of-the-art object detection models and demonstrate that training with our quasi-synthetic images can significantly improve the detection accuracy of camouflaged objects under varying conditions. Additionally, to test the real operational performance of the developed models, we deployed the models on resource-constrained edge devices for real-time object detection to validate the performance of the trained model on quasi-synthetic data compared to the synthetic data generated by conventional neural style transfer architecture.

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Rohan Putatunda, Md Azim Khan, Aryya Gangopadhyay, Jianwu Wang, and Robert F. Erbacher "Quasi-synthetic data generation for camouflaged object detection at edge", Proc. SPIE 12529, Synthetic Data for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Tools, Techniques, and Applications, 1252916 (13 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678034

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