MAFE R-CNN: Selecting More Samples to Learn Category-aware Features for Small Object Detection

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.16442v1
• Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 09:30:09 GMT
• Title: MAFE R-CNN: Selecting More Samples to Learn Category-aware Features for Small Object Detection
• Authors: Yichen Li, Qiankun Liu, Zhenchao Jin, Jiuzhe Wei, Jing Nie, Ying Fu,
• Abstract summary: Small object detection in intricate environments has consistently represented a major challenge in the field of object detection.<n>In this paper, we identify that this difficulty stems from the detectors' inability to effectively learn discriminative features for objects of small size.<n>We propose the Multi-Clue Assignment and Feature Enhancement R-CNN, which integrates two pivotal components.
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• Abstract: Small object detection in intricate environments has consistently represented a major challenge in the field of object detection. In this paper, we identify that this difficulty stems from the detectors' inability to effectively learn discriminative features for objects of small size, compounded by the complexity of selecting high-quality small object samples during training, which motivates the proposal of the Multi-Clue Assignment and Feature Enhancement R-CNN.Specifically, MAFE R-CNN integrates two pivotal components.The first is the Multi-Clue Sample Selection (MCSS) strategy, in which the Intersection over Union (IoU) distance, predicted category confidence, and ground truth region sizes are leveraged as informative clues in the sample selection process. This methodology facilitates the selection of diverse positive samples and ensures a balanced distribution of object sizes during training, thereby promoting effective model learning.The second is the Category-aware Feature Enhancement Mechanism (CFEM), where we propose a simple yet effective category-aware memory module to explore the relationships among object features. Subsequently, we enhance the object feature representation by facilitating the interaction between category-aware features and candidate box features.Comprehensive experiments conducted on the large-scale small object dataset SODA validate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The code will be made publicly available.

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