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Scientists accidentally create universal all-purpose computer vision algorithm

• ansgri 7y ago
  I am familiar with the research group in question, and the reporting is beyond awful. Nobody claims they’ve discovered a universal solution, just that the developed techniques are useful in multiple problems, from document scanning to autonomous navigation. The specific opportunities for their application were somewhat accidental indeed. edit: most of the results are not yet published, but this should give a general idea https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.01176 https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.01176
• BubRoss 7y ago
  This seems to actually be about the hough transform which finds lines, and making that into perspective. That's pretty far from a universal computer vision algorithm and 'russian scientists creating neural network eyes'.
  • ansgri 7y ago
    It finds linear structures, and when you make the FHT a layer in a deep neural network, it can discover nonlocal linear dependencies in feature space much easier. Far from universal, but more general than would seem. The HT is rather a robust linear regression than a line detection tool.