
AI that uses sketches to detect objects within an image could boost tumor detection, and search for rare bird species
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230621105422.htm
Surrey is set to present its unique sketch-based object detection tool at this year's Computer Vision, Pattern, and Recognition Conference (CVPR). The tool allows the user to sketch an object, which the AI will use as a basis to search within an image to find something that matches the sketch -- while discounting more general options.
Professor Yi-Zhe Song, leads this research at the University of Surrey's Institute for People-Centred AI. He commented: