System and method for generating a mask for object instances in an image

The invention relates to system for generating a mask for object instances in an image, comprising: a first module comprising a trained neural network and configured to input the image to the neural network, wherein the neural network is configured to generate: point towards a unique center of an object instance, the pixel offset vectors thereby forming a cluster with a cluster distribution, and for each object instance an estimate of said cluster distribution defining a margin for determining which pixels belong to the object instance. The invention further relates to a method for training a neural network map to be used for generating a mask for object instances in an image.

Patent Publication Number: WO2020147957

Year filing: 2020

Year approval: 2021

Year publication: 2020

Status: Requested

Technology domains: Computer technology

Validated for IOF-key: Yes

Attributed to: Associatie KULeuven