- Patent Title: Instance segmentation inferred from machine learning model output
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Application No.: US16013764Application Date: 2018-06-20
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Publication No.: US10817740B2Publication Date: 2020-10-27
- Inventor: Sarah Tariq , James William Vaisey Philbin , Kratarth Goel
- Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Foster City
- Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Foster City
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06K9/32
- IPC: G06K9/32 ; G06K9/00 ; G06T7/10 ; G05D1/02 ; G05D1/00

Abstract:
Techniques for using instance segmentation with machine learning (ML) models are discussed herein. An image can be provided as input to a ML model, which can generate, as an output from the ML model, a feature map comprising a plurality of features. Each feature of the plurality of features can comprise a confidence score, classification information, and a region of interest (ROI) determined in accordance with a non-maximal suppression (NMS) technique. Individual ROIs that are similar can be associated together for segmentation purposes. That is, instead of requiring a second ML model and/or a second operation to segment the image (e.g., identify which pixels correspond with the detected object, for example, by outputting a mask or set of lines and/or curves), the techniques discussed herein substantially simultaneously detect an object (e.g., determine an ROI) and segment the image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190392242A1 INSTANCE SEGMENTATION INFERRED FROM MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL OUTPUT Public/Granted day:2019-12-26
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