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How to Evaluate a Synthetic Image Dataset Specification for Training a High-Performance Computer Vision Model

In the domain of computer vision, the dataset’s relevance, quality, and diversity are key drivers in achieving high accuracy and reliable performance. A well-specified synthetic dataset doesn’t just enable effective model training; it sets the foundation for the model’s success in challenging, real-world scenarios. This guide outlines seven essential pillars for evaluating synthetic datasets: relevance […]

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See How Synthetic Images Transformed Our Weapon Detection Model Training

The Need for Weapon Detection in Today’s Security Landscape In an era where threats evolve rapidly, the demand for cutting-edge security solutions has never been more critical. Weapon detection technology is a foundational in safeguarding public spaces and critical infrastructures, from airports to schools and corporate offices. Advanced security surveillance systems that can accurately detect […]

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The differences between Generative AI and a procedural engine for image creation

Generative AI and procedural engines offer unique methods for image creation, each with its own strengths in flexibility, control, and data requirements. Both of these methods are good for different use cases and benefits driven from these Understanding the Methodologies Behind Image Creation Generative AI and procedural engines represent two fundamentally different approaches to image […]

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Synthetic Data vs. Real-World Data: A Game Changer for AI Model Training

In the realm of AI and machine learning, the debate between synthetic datasets and real-world images is a pivotal one. Both have their merits, but when it comes to efficiency, flexibility, and performance, synthetic data is emerging as the clear frontrunner. Let’s explore why. Speed, Cost, and Flexibility: The Case for Synthetic Data Building a […]

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Discover how synthetic data revolutionized our tank detection model training.

Training a tank detection model using conventional data presents several challenges. One of the biggest obstacles is the scarcity of labeled data. Tanks are not everyday objects, and acquiring enough annotated images for training is extremely difficult due to confidentiality of images.

Synthetic
Datasets

Real World
Images

Speed, Cost, Flexibility

You can build a synthetic dataset for a fraction of the cost of a real-world image dataset. A 3D scene and a fully labeled image matching your use case are produced in seconds. Easily extend your dataset to match each new edge case throughout your development cycle.

Data Collection

Even if possible, in most cases, collecting real-world images is a daunting task. Privacy issues may also complicate the process. Procedural generation of synthetic datasets is a game changer. You create your own images in a few clicks and avoid any privacy issues.

Labelling

You can build a synthetic dataset for a fraction of the cost of a real-world image dataset. A 3D scene and a fully labeled image matching your use case are produced in seconds. Easily extend your dataset to match each new edge case throughout your development cycle.

Optimization

Even if possible, in most cases, collecting real-world images is a daunting task. Privacy issues may also complicate the process. Procedural generation of synthetic datasets is a game changer. You create your own images in a few clicks and avoid any privacy issues.

Winner:

Synthetic Datasets!

The Benchmarks prove it

Research Summary

To evaluate the efficiency of synthetic datasets to train a model, we conducted a series of benchmarks, comparing trainings done with synthetic images against trainings done with real-world images (COCO dataset). As of today, the results were established for two different models (Yolo V5 and Mask R CNN), for three different tasks of increasing difficulty (sofa, bed and potted plant detection). We conducted these tests with a 1000 assets in our database.

Procedure

Real-world image training datasets were extracted from MS Coco (HERE) for each class of interest. We obtained 3682 images containing the label “bed”, 4618 containing the label “couch” and 4624 images containing the label “potted plant” from MS Coco.

For each test, we used our procedural engine to generate a synthetic dataset. For “beds” detection, we used a 63k synthetic dataset, for “couches”, 72k synthetic images and for “potted plants”, 99k images.

We also used Imagenet (HERE) for pre-training models in several experiments.

Validation Datasets were constructed for each class of interest from OpenImage (HERE). We extracted 199 images containing the label “bed”, 799 images for the label “couch” and 1533 images for the label “plant”.

Conclusions

The domain gap between training sets and validation sets or live images is not exclusive to synthetic datasets. It is a general issue which also exists from real images to real images.


In fact, synthetic images are generally more efficient than real images for training models. This might seem counter intuitive because synthetic images are less realistic than real images.


However, image realism is not key to train a model due to the domain gap. Variance and distribution of the parameters are the crucial factors to obtain a model which generalizes well.


Variance and distribution of parameters are not easily controllable with real images.


Models may be successfully pre-trained on synthetic images and fine-tuned on real images or the other way round. It depends on the task and on the model.

BEDS

AI Verse Synthetic Dataset Sample Images

Bed: RCNN

Bed: YOLO

PLANTS & COUCHES

AI Verse Synthetic Dataset Sample Images

Potted Plants: RCNN

Potted Plants: YOLO

Couch: RCNN

Couch: YOLO

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