Yassir Zardoua
Adv. Artif. Intell. Mach. Learn., 3 (4):1768-1786
Yassir Zardoua : Smart Systems & Emerging Technologies, FSTT, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.54364/AAIML.2023.11102
Article History: Received on: 18-Oct-23, Accepted on: 06-Dec-23, Published on: 28-Dec-23
Corresponding Author: Yassir Zardoua
Email: yassirzardoua@gmail.com
Citation: Yassir Zardoua, Brahim Beguiel Bergor, Abdelhamid El Wahabi, Anouar El Mourabit, Moussab Chbeine, Abdelali Astito, (2023). A horizon line annotation software for streamlining autonomous sea navigation experiments. Adv. Artif. Intell. Mach. Learn., 3 (4 ):1768-1786
Horizon line (or sea line) detection (HLD) is a critical component in multiple marine autonomous navigation tasks, such as identifying the navigation area (i.e., the sea), obstacle detection and geo-localization, and digital video stabilization. A recent survey highlighted several weaknesses of such detectors, particularly on sea conditions lacking from the most extensive dataset currently used by HLD researchers. Experimental validation of more robust HLDs involves collecting an extensive set of these lacking sea conditions and annotating each collected image with the correct position and orientation of the horizon line. The annotation task is daunting without a proper tool. Therefore, we present the first public annotation software with tailored features to make the sea line annotation process fast and easy. We will provide the software and a video tutorial at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aGUlhw4PWsKWQ_FK_txoicmeykcqE4zm?usp=drive_link