Amplifying the Anterior-Posterior Difference via Data Enhancement -- A More Robust Deep Monocular Orientation Estimation Solution

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.11431v1
• Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:36:13 GMT
• Title: Amplifying the Anterior-Posterior Difference via Data Enhancement -- A More Robust Deep Monocular Orientation Estimation Solution
• Authors: Chenchen Zhao and Hao Li
• Abstract summary: Existing deep-learning based monocular orientation estimation algorithms face the problem of confusion between the anterior and posterior parts of the objects. We propose a pretraining method which focuses on predicting the left/right semicircle in which the orientation of the object is located. Experiment results show that the proposed semicircle prediction enhances the accuracy of orientation estimation, and mitigates the problem stated above.
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• Abstract: Existing deep-learning based monocular orientation estimation algorithms faces the problem of confusion between the anterior and posterior parts of the objects, caused by the feature similarity of such parts in typical objects in traffic scenes such as cars and pedestrians. While difficult to solve, the problem may lead to serious orientation estimation errors, and pose threats to the upcoming decision making process of the ego vehicle, since the predicted tracks of objects may have directions opposite to ground truths. In this paper, we mitigate this problem by proposing a pretraining method. The method focuses on predicting the left/right semicircle in which the orientation of the object is located. The trained semicircle prediction model is then integrated into the orientation angle estimation model which predicts a value in range $[0, \pi]$. Experiment results show that the proposed semicircle prediction enhances the accuracy of orientation estimation, and mitigates the problem stated above. With the proposed method, a backbone achieves similar state-of-the-art orientation estimation performance to existing approaches with well-designed network structures.

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