Object Detection and Tracking
With ML Kit's on-device object detection and tracking API, you can localize and track in real time the most prominent objects in an image or live camera feed. You can also optionally classify detected objects into one of several general categories.
Object detection and tracking with coarse classification is useful for building live visual search experiences. Because object detection and tracking happens quickly and completely on the device, it works well as the front end of a longer visual search pipeline. After you detect and filter objects, you can pass them to a cloud backend, such as Cloud Vision Product Search , or to a custom model, such as one you trained using AutoML Vision Edge .
Key capabilities
| Fast object detection and tracking | Detect objects and get their location in the image. Track objects across images. |
| Optimized on-device model | The object detection and tracking model is optimized for mobile devices and intended for use in real-time applications, even on lower-end devices. |
| Prominent object detection | Automatically determine the most prominent object in an image. |
| Coarse classification | Classify objects into broad categories, which you can use to filter out objects you're not interested in. The following categories are supported: home goods, fashion goods, food, plants, places, and unknown. |
Example results
Tracking the most prominent object across images
| Tracking ID | 0 |
| Bounds | (95, 45), (496, 45), (496, 240), (95, 240) |
|---|---|
| Category | PLACE |
| Classification confidence | 0.9296875 |
| Tracking ID | 0 |
| Bounds | (84, 46), (478, 46), (478, 247), (84, 247) |
|---|---|
| Category | PLACE |
| Classification confidence | 0.8710938 |
| Tracking ID | 0 |
| Bounds | (53, 45), (519, 45), (519, 240), (53, 240) |
|---|---|
| Category | PLACE |
| Classification confidence | 0.8828125 |
Photo: Christian Ferrer [CC BY-SA 4.0]
Multiple objects in a static image
Object 0
Bounds
(1, 97), (332, 97), (332, 332), (1, 332)
Category
FASHION_GOOD
Classification confidence
0.95703125
Object 1
Bounds
(186, 80), (337, 80), (337, 226), (186, 226)
Category
FASHION_GOOD
Classification confidence
0.84375
Object 2
Bounds
(296, 80), (472, 80), (472, 388), (296, 388)
Category
FASHION_GOOD
Classification confidence
0.94921875
Object 3
Bounds
(439, 83), (615, 83), (615, 306), (439, 306)
Category
FASHION_GOOD
Classification confidence
0.9375
