@inproceedings{9268ec0c6ec94bb3bfd491349b9aea10,
title = "A computer vision system to localize and classify wastes on the streets",
abstract = "Littering quantification is an important step for improving cleanliness of cities. When human interpretation is too cumbersome or in some cases impossible, an objective index of cleanliness could reduce the littering by awareness actions. In this paper, we present a fully automated computer vision application for littering quantification based on images taken from the streets and sidewalks. We have employed a deep learning based framework to localize and classify different types of wastes. Since there was no waste dataset available, we built our acquisition system mounted on a vehicle. Collected images containing different types of wastes. These images are then annotated for training and benchmarking the developed system. Our results on real case scenarios show accurate detection of littering on variant backgrounds.",
author = "Rad, {Mohammad Saeed} and {von Kaenel}, Andreas and Andre Droux and Francois Tieche and Nabil Ouerhani and Ekenel, {Hazım Kemal} and Thiran, {Jean Philippe}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, Springer International Publishing AG.; 11th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems, ICVS 2017 ; Conference date: 10-07-2017 Through 13-07-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-68345-4_18",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783319683447",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "195--204",
editor = "Markus Vincze and Haoyao Chen and Ming Liu",
booktitle = "Computer Vision Systems - 11th International Conference, ICVS 2017, Revised Selected Papers",
}