FlexEvent: Event Camera Object Detection at Arbitrary Frequencies

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06708v1
• Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:57:14 GMT
• Title: FlexEvent: Event Camera Object Detection at Arbitrary Frequencies
• Authors: Dongyue Lu, Lingdong Kong, Gim Hee Lee, Camille Simon Chane, Wei Tsang Ooi,
• Abstract summary: Event cameras offer unparalleled advantages for real-time perception in dynamic environments. Existing event-based object detection methods are limited by fixed-frequency paradigms. We propose FlexEvent, a novel event camera object detection framework that enables detection at arbitrary frequencies.
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• Abstract: Event cameras offer unparalleled advantages for real-time perception in dynamic environments, thanks to their microsecond-level temporal resolution and asynchronous operation. Existing event-based object detection methods, however, are limited by fixed-frequency paradigms and fail to fully exploit the high-temporal resolution and adaptability of event cameras. To address these limitations, we propose FlexEvent, a novel event camera object detection framework that enables detection at arbitrary frequencies. Our approach consists of two key components: FlexFuser, an adaptive event-frame fusion module that integrates high-frequency event data with rich semantic information from RGB frames, and FAL, a frequency-adaptive learning mechanism that generates frequency-adjusted labels to enhance model generalization across varying operational frequencies. This combination allows our method to detect objects with high accuracy in both fast-moving and static scenarios, while adapting to dynamic environments. Extensive experiments on large-scale event camera datasets demonstrate that our approach surpasses state-of-the-art methods, achieving significant improvements in both standard and high-frequency settings. Notably, our method maintains robust performance when scaling from 20 Hz to 90 Hz and delivers accurate detection up to 180 Hz, proving its effectiveness in extreme conditions. Our framework sets a new benchmark for event-based object detection and paves the way for more adaptable, real-time vision systems.

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