A computer vision system to localize and classify wastes on the streets

Mohammad Saeed Rad, Andreas von Kaenel, Andre Droux, Francois Tieche, Nabil Ouerhani, Hazım Kemal Ekenel, Jean Philippe Thiran

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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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationComputer Vision Systems - 11th International Conference, ICVS 2017, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsMarkus Vincze, Haoyao Chen, Ming Liu
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages195-204
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783319683447
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event11th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems, ICVS 2017 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: Jul 10 2017Jul 13 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10528 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems, ICVS 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period7/10/177/13/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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