scholarly journals Synthetic Data Generation to Speed-up the Object Recognition Pipeline

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damiano Perri ◽  
Marco Simonetti ◽  
Osvaldo Gervasi
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Data Augmentation ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Synthetic Data Generation ◽  
The Neural Network ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Synthetic Images

This paper provides a methodology for the production of synthetic images for training neural networks to recognise shapes and objects. There are many scenarios in which it is difficult, expensive and even dangerous to produce a set of images that is satisfactory for the training of a neural network. The development of 3D modelling software has nowadays reached such a level of realism and ease of use that it seemed natural to explore this innovative path and to give an answer regarding the reliability of this method that bases the training of the neural network on synthetic images. The results obtained in the two proposed use cases, that of the recognition of a pictorial style and that of the recognition of migrants at sea, leads us to support the validity of the approach, provided that the work is conducted in a very scrupulous and rigorous manner, exploiting the full potential of the modelling software. The code produced, which automatically generates the transformations necessary for the data augmentation of each image, and the generation of random environmental conditions in the case of Blender and Unity3D software, is available under the GPL licence on GitHub. The results obtained lead us to affirm that through the good practices presented in the article, we have defined a simple, reliable, economic and safe method to feed the training phase of a neural network dedicated to the recognition of objects and features, to be applied to various contexts.

scholarly journals Synthetic Data Generation to Speed-Up the Object Recognition Pipeline

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Damiano Perri ◽  
Marco Simonetti ◽  
Osvaldo Gervasi
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Data Augmentation ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Synthetic Data Generation ◽  
The Neural Network ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Synthetic Images

This paper provides a methodology for the production of synthetic images for training neural networks to recognise shapes and objects. There are many scenarios in which it is difficult, expensive and even dangerous to produce a set of images that is satisfactory for the training of a neural network. The development of 3D modelling software has nowadays reached such a level of realism and ease of use that it seemed natural to explore this innovative path and to give an answer regarding the reliability of this method that bases the training of the neural network on synthetic images. The results obtained in the two proposed use cases, that of the recognition of a pictorial style and that of the recognition of men at sea, lead us to support the validity of the approach, provided that the work is conducted in a very scrupulous and rigorous manner, exploiting the full potential of the modelling software. The code produced, which automatically generates the transformations necessary for the data augmentation of each image, and the generation of random environmental conditions in the case of Blender and Unity3D software, is available under the GPL licence on GitHub. The results obtained lead us to affirm that through the good practices presented in the article, we have defined a simple, reliable, economic and safe method to feed the training phase of a neural network dedicated to the recognition of objects and features to be applied to various contexts.

scholarly journals Rethinking the Random Cropping Data Augmentation Method Used in the Training of CNN-Based SAR Image Ship Detector

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Rong Yang ◽  
Robert Wang ◽  
Yunkai Deng ◽  
Xiaoxue Jia ◽  
Heng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Data Augmentation ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Detection Performance ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Sar Image ◽  
Optical Images ◽  
The Neural Network ◽  
Effective Training ◽  
Standard Configuration

The random cropping data augmentation method is widely used to train convolutional neural network (CNN)-based target detectors to detect targets in optical images (e.g., COCO datasets). It can expand the scale of the dataset dozens of times while consuming only a small amount of calculations when training the neural network detector. In addition, random cropping can also greatly enhance the spatial robustness of the model, because it can make the same target appear in different positions of the sample image. Nowadays, random cropping and random flipping have become the standard configuration for those tasks with limited training data, which makes it natural to introduce them into the training of CNN-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image ship detectors. However, in this paper, we show that the introduction of traditional random cropping methods directly in the training of the CNN-based SAR image ship detector may generate a lot of noise in the gradient during back propagation, which hurts the detection performance. In order to eliminate the noise in the training gradient, a simple and effective training method based on feature map mask is proposed. Experiments prove that the proposed method can effectively eliminate the gradient noise introduced by random cropping and significantly improve the detection performance under a variety of evaluation indicators without increasing inference cost.

Synthetic data generation of high-resolution hyperspectral data using DIRSIG

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek K. Jakubowski ◽  
David Pogorzala ◽  
Timothy J. Hattenberger ◽  
Scott D. Brown ◽  
John R. Schott
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Hyperspectral Data ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Synthetic Data Generation

Synthetic Data Generation to Support Irregular Sampling in Sensor Networks

2004 ◽  
pp. 211-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis Girod ◽  
Ramesh Govindan ◽  
Deepak Ganesan ◽  
Deborah Estrin ◽  
Yan Yu
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Irregular Sampling ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Synthetic Data Generation

scholarly journals Prediction of Mining Conditions in Geotechnically Complex Sites

Mining ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-296
Author(s):  
Marc Elmouttie ◽  
Jane Hodgkinson ◽  
Peter Dean
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Future Production ◽  
The Neural Network ◽  
Mining Conditions ◽  
Parameter Interactions ◽  
High Level

Geotechnical complexity in mining often leads to geotechnical uncertainty which impacts both safety and productivity. However, as mining progresses, particularly for strip mining operations, a body of knowledge is acquired which reduces this uncertainty and can potentially be used by mining engineers to improve the prediction of future mining conditions. In this paper, we describe a new method to support this approach based on modelling and neural networks. A high-level causal model of the mining operations based on historical data for a number of parameters was constructed which accounted for parameter interactions, including hydrogeological conditions, weather, and prior operations. An artificial neural network was then trained on this historical data, including production data. The network can then be used to predict future production based on presently observed mining conditions as mining proceeds and compared with the model predictions. Agreement with the predictions indicates confidence that the neural network predictions are properly supported by the newly available data. The efficacy of this approach is demonstrated using semi-synthetic data based on an actual mine.

scholarly journals Instance Segmentation in CARLA: Methodology and Analysis for Pedestrian-oriented Synthetic Data Generation in Crowded Scenes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Lyssenko ◽  
Christoph Gladisch ◽  
Christian Heinzemann ◽  
Matthias Woehrle ◽  
Rudolph Triebel
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Synthetic Data Generation ◽  
Crowded Scenes ◽  
Instance Segmentation

Synthetic Data Generation Capabilties for Testing Data Mining Tools

MILCOM 2006 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Jeske ◽  
Pengyue Lin ◽  
Carlos Rendon ◽  
Rui Xiao ◽  
Behrokh Samadi
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Synthetic Data Generation ◽  
Testing Data ◽  
Mining Tools
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