A hierarchical grocery store image dataset with visual and semantic labels
2019 (English)In: Proceedings - 2019 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019, p. 491-500, article id 8658240Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Image classification models built into visual support systems and other assistive devices need to provide accurate predictions about their environment. We focus on an application of assistive technology for people with visual impairments, for daily activities such as shopping or cooking. In this paper, we provide a new benchmark dataset for a challenging task in this application – classification of fruits, vegetables, and refrigerated products, e.g. milk packages and juice cartons, in grocery stores. To enable the learning process to utilize multiple sources of structured information, this dataset not only contains a large volume of natural images but also includes the corresponding information of the product from an online shopping website. Such information encompasses the hierarchical structure of the object classes, as well as an iconic image of each type of object. This dataset can be used to train and evaluate image classification models for helping visually impaired people in natural environments. Additionally, we provide benchmark results evaluated on pretrained convolutional neural networks often used for image understanding purposes, and also a multi-view variational autoencoder, which is capable of utilizing the rich product information in the dataset.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019. p. 491-500, article id 8658240
Keywords [en]
Benchmarking, Computer vision, Electronic commerce, Image classification, Large dataset, Learning systems, Neural networks, Semantics, Accurate prediction, Assistive technology, Classification models, Convolutional neural network, Hierarchical structures, Natural environments, Structured information, Visually impaired people, Classification (of information)
National Category
Computer graphics and computer vision Computer graphics and computer vision
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-252223DOI: 10.1109/WACV.2019.00058ISI: 000469423400051Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85063566822OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-252223DiVA, id: diva2:1322857
Conference
19th IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2019, 7 January 2019 through 11 January 2019
Note
QC 20190611
Part of ISBN 9781728119755
2019-06-112019-06-112025-02-07Bibliographically approved
In thesis