Salient object detection via bootstrap learning

Na Tong, Huchuan Lu, Xiang Ruan, Ming Hsuan Yang

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Abstract

We propose a bootstrap learning algorithm for salient object detection in which both weak and strong models are exploited. First, a weak saliency map is constructed based on image priors to generate training samples for a strong model. Second, a strong classifier based on samples directly from an input image is learned to detect salient pixels. Results from multiscale saliency maps are integrated to further improve the detection performance. Extensive experiments on six benchmark datasets demonstrate that the proposed bootstrap learning algorithm performs favorably against the state-of-the-art saliency detection methods. Furthermore, we show that the proposed bootstrap learning approach can be easily applied to other bottom-up saliency models for significant improvement.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2015
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages1884-1892
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781467369640
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Oct 14
EventIEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2015 - Boston, United States
Duration: 2015 Jun 72015 Jun 12

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Volume07-12-June-2015
ISSN (Print)1063-6919

Other

OtherIEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period15/6/715/6/12

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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