Abdelouahid Bentamou

Oussama Messai, Abbass Zein-Eddine, Abdelouahid Bentamou et al.

In this paper, we address the problem of detecting small, dense, and overlapping objects, a major challenge in computer vision. Our focus is on reviewing proposed methods based on deep learning supervised approaches. We provide a detailed comparison of these systems on a new dataset of more than 10k images and 120k instances, highlighting their performance, accuracy, and computational efficiency in the industrial recycling process use case. Through this comparative analysis, we identify the most reliable systems currently available and the specific challenges they are designed to tackle. Furthermore, we explore the benefits of data augmentation and synthetic images. Based on our analysis, we also propose potential future directions and innovative solutions that could enhance the effectiveness of small, dense and overlapped object detection systems. The scope of our investigations encompasses object detection, length measurement, and anomaly detection within the context of the recycling process. The anomaly detection strategy is robust against variations in image resolution and zoom levels, ensuring reliable performance in industrial applications. The repository of the proposed dataset, methods and evaluation codes can be found at: https://github.com/o-messai/SDOOD

Oussama Messai, Abbass Zein-Eddine, Abdelouahid Bentamou et al.

This paper tackles two key challenges: detecting small, dense, and overlapping objects (a major hurdle in computer vision) and improving the quality of noisy images, especially those encountered in industrial environments. [1, 2]. Our focus is on evaluating methods built on supervised deep learning. We perform an analysis of these methods, using a newly developed dataset comprising over 10k images and 120k instances. By evaluating their performance, accuracy, and computational efficiency, we identify the most reliable detection systems and highlight the specific challenges they address in industrial applications. This paper also examines the use of deep learning models to improve image quality in noisy industrial environments. We introduce a lightweight model based on a fully connected convolutional network. Additionally, we suggest potential future directions for further enhancing the effectiveness of the model. The repository of the dataset and proposed model can be found at: https://github.com/o-messai/SDOOD, https://github.com/o-messai/DDSRNet

Oussama Messai, Abdelouahid Bentamou, Abbass Zein-Eddine et al.

Deep learning-based quality assessments have significantly enhanced perceptual multimedia quality assessment, however it is still in the early stages for 3D visual data such as 3D point clouds (PCs). Due to the high volume of 3D-PCs, such quantities are frequently compressed for transmission and viewing, which may affect perceived quality. Therefore, we propose no-reference quality metric of a given 3D-PC. Comparing to existing methods that mostly focus on geometry or color aspects, we propose integrating frequency magnitudes as indicator of spatial degradation patterns caused by the compression. To map the input attributes to quality score, we use a light-weight hybrid deep model; combined of Deformable Convolutional Network (DCN) and Vision Transformers (ViT). Experiments are carried out on ICIP20 [1], PointXR [2] dataset, and a new big dataset called BASICS [3]. The results show that our approach outperforms state-of-the-art NR-PCQA measures and even some FR-PCQA on PointXR. The implementation code can be found at: https://github.com/o-messai/3D-PCQA