Fine-Tuning Florence2 for Enhanced Object Detection in Un-constructed Environments: Vision-Language Model Approach

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04918v4
• Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:19:42 GMT
• Title: Fine-Tuning Florence2 for Enhanced Object Detection in Un-constructed Environments: Vision-Language Model Approach
• Authors: Aysegul Ucar, Soumyadeep Ro, Sanapala Satwika, Pamarthi Yasoda Gayathri, Mohmmad Ghaith Balsha,
• Abstract summary: We fine-tuned the Florence2 model for object detection tasks in non-constructed, complex environments.<n> optimized Florence2 models exhibited significant improvements in object detection accuracy.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Vision-Language Models (VLMs) have emerged as powerful tools in artificial intelli-gence, capable of integrating textual and visual data for a unified understanding of complex scenes. While models such as Florence2, built on transformer architectures, have shown promise across general tasks, their performance in object detection within unstructured or cluttered environments remains underexplored. In this study, we fi-ne-tuned the Florence2 model for object detection tasks in non-constructed, complex environments. A comprehensive experimental framework was established involving multiple hardware configurations (NVIDIA T4, L4, and A100 GPUs), optimizers (AdamW, SGD), and varied hyperparameters including learning rates and LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) setups. Model training and evaluation were conducted on challenging datasets representative of real-world, disordered settings. The optimized Florence2 models exhibited significant improvements in object detection accuracy, with Mean Average Precision (mAP) metrics approaching or matching those of estab-lished models such as YOLOv8, YOLOv9, and YOLOv10. The integration of LoRA and careful fine-tuning of transformer layers contributed notably to these gains. Our find-ings highlight the adaptability of transformer-based VLMs like Florence2 for do-main-specific tasks, particularly in visually complex environments. The study under-scores the potential of fine-tuned VLMs to rival traditional convolution-based detec-tors, offering a flexible and scalable approach for advanced vision applications in re-al-world, unstructured settings.

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