> is the approach to detecting something as "regular" as a particular flag any different than any other image recognition task It can be. It doesn't have to be

> is the approach to detecting something as "regular" as a particular flag any different than any other image recognition task It can be. It doesn't have to be. Image recognition research existed long before the current trend of throwing the kitchen sink at a neural net. Practically speaking, the best outcomes always come from applying as many different techniques as you can justify and applying a controlled failure-scenario-aware synthesis to the results.