Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 57, Issue 2, 21011(2020)
Real-Time Semantic Segmentation Algorithm Based on Feature Fusion Technology
In this study, we propose a real-time semantic segmentation algorithm based on the feature fusion technology to satisfy the requirements of autopilot, human-computer interaction, and other tasks with respect to accuracy and real-time capability . Here, we use a convolutional neural network to automatically learn deep features of the image. We design a shallow and wide spatial information network to output low-level spatial information for ensuring the integrity of the original spatial information and generating high-resolution features. Furthermore, we design a context information network to output deep-level high-level context information. Then, we introduce an attention optimization mechanism to replace upsampling for optimizing the network output. Finally, we fuse the two output feature maps on multiple scales and perform upsampling to obtain a segmented image with a size equal to the original input size. Subsequently, we perform a simulation using two-way network parallel computing to improve the real-time performance of the proposed algorithm. The network framework achieves 68.43% mean intersection over union (MIOU) on the Cityscapes dataset. In case of an image input of 640 × 480, the speed obtained using an NVIDIA 1050T graphics card is 14.14 frame/s. Furthermore, the accuracy considerably exceeds that of the existing real-time segmentation algorithm, satisfying the real-time requirements of the human-computer interaction tasks.
Get Citation
Copy Citation Text
Cai Yu, Huang Xuegong, Zhang Zhian, Zhu Xinnian, Ma Xiang. Real-Time Semantic Segmentation Algorithm Based on Feature Fusion Technology[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(2): 21011
Category: Image Processing
Received: May. 21, 2019
Accepted: --
Published Online: Jan. 3, 2020
The Author Email: Yu Cai (1204246973@qq.com)