Real-Time Detection of Low-Textured Objects based on Deep Learning

In this paper, a custom Single Shot Multi-box Detector (SSD) [1] is proposed for object detection on difficult scenes. The fruit 360 dataset [2], with low-textured images of different fruits and vegetables, is used as a training and validation data set. The purpose of this research is to implement the detector on mobile devices for mixed and augmented reality experiences, so a lighter weight SSD [1] model was designed while retaining its performance. The custom model is 4 times faster than the original SSD [1] model and the tests showed that it is even more accurate on the designated data set. The model is implemented in Python using Tensorflow and will soon be available on GitHub for public use.