Instance-Free Domain Adaptive Object Detection

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.06484v1
• Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:21:49 GMT
• Title: Instance-Free Domain Adaptive Object Detection
• Authors: Hengfu Yu, Jinhong Deng, Lixin Duan, Wen Li,
• Abstract summary: We propose a new Domain Structural Consistency Network (RSCN) for instance-free Adaptive Object Detection (ODDA)<n>RSCN pioneers an alignment based on background feature prototypes while simultaneously encouraging consistency in the relationship between the foreground features and the background features within each domain.<n>Extensive experiments show that RSCN significantly outperforms existingODD methods across all three benchmarks in the instance-free scenario.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: While Domain Adaptive Object Detection (DAOD) has made significant strides, most methods rely on unlabeled target data that is assumed to contain sufficient foreground instances. However, in many practical scenarios (e.g., wildlife monitoring, lesion detection), collecting target domain data with objects of interest is prohibitively costly, whereas background-only data is abundant. This common practical constraint introduces a significant technical challenge: the difficulty of achieving domain alignment when target instances are unavailable, forcing adaptation to rely solely on the target background information. We formulate this challenge as the novel problem of Instance-Free Domain Adaptive Object Detection. To tackle this, we propose the Relational and Structural Consistency Network (RSCN) which pioneers an alignment strategy based on background feature prototypes while simultaneously encouraging consistency in the relationship between the source foreground features and the background features within each domain, enabling robust adaptation even without target instances. To facilitate research, we further curate three specialized benchmarks, including simulative auto-driving detection, wildlife detection, and lung nodule detection. Extensive experiments show that RSCN significantly outperforms existing DAOD methods across all three benchmarks in the instance-free scenario. The code and benchmarks will be released soon.

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