ABSTRACT

Object Detection has a lot of real-life applications and can be used in different scenarios.
New algorithms and models keep on outperforming the previous ones and object detection
is one of the areas of computer vision which is maturing very rapidly. Below here are its
applications.

Face Recognition

For instance, a group of researchers at Facebook had developed the DeepFace, which is
a facial recognition system based on deep learning. Google also has its own facial
recognition system which can automatically segregate the photos based on the person in
the images.

People Counting

Another important use of object detection is people counting. It can be used for analyzing
store performance or recording crowd statistics during festivals or other activities.
However, it can be difficult at times as people move out of the frames very quickly.

Industrial Quality Check

Object Detection is often used in industrial processes to identify products. Using visual
inspection to find a specific object is a basic task and it is involved in various industrial
processes. This includes inventory management, sorting, quality management,
machining, and packaging. Inventory management is sometimes quite tricky as it could
be hard to track items in real-time. Localization and automatic object counting allow
improving inventory accuracy.

Security

A very important role is played by Object Detection in terms of Security. It is used by police
personnel to access security feed and match with the existing database. It helps to detect
criminals or their vehicles. It can even be used to locate stolen products. There could be
limitless applications. The abilities of a machine to look out for objects have surpassed the
capabilities of human beings.