OW-Rep: Open World Object Detection with Instance Representation Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.16073v2
• Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 04:24:20 GMT
• Title: OW-Rep: Open World Object Detection with Instance Representation Learning
• Authors: Sunoh Lee, Minsik Jeon, Jihong Min, Junwon Seo,
• Abstract summary: Open World Object Detection (OWOD) addresses realistic scenarios where unseen object classes emerge.<n>We extend the OWOD framework to jointly detect unknown objects and learn semantically rich instance embeddings.
• Score: 1.8749305679160366
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Open World Object Detection(OWOD) addresses realistic scenarios where unseen object classes emerge, enabling detectors trained on known classes to detect unknown objects and incrementally incorporate the knowledge they provide. While existing OWOD methods primarily focus on detecting unknown objects, they often overlook the rich semantic relationships between detected objects, which are essential for scene understanding and applications in open-world environments (e.g., open-world tracking and novel class discovery). In this paper, we extend the OWOD framework to jointly detect unknown objects and learn semantically rich instance embeddings, enabling the detector to capture fine-grained semantic relationships between instances. To this end, we propose two modules that leverage the rich and generalizable knowledge of Vision Foundation Models(VFM). First, the Unknown Box Refine Module uses instance masks from the Segment Anything Model to accurately localize unknown objects. The Embedding Transfer Module then distills instance-wise semantic similarities from VFM features to the detector's embeddings via a relaxed contrastive loss, enabling the detector to learn a semantically meaningful and generalizable instance feature. Extensive experiments show that our method significantly improves both unknown object detection and instance embedding quality, while also enhancing performance in downstream tasks such as open-world tracking.

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