The applications of object detection are numerous and cover many industries. For instance, object detection can be used for the following purposes:
- In self-driving cars, to locate other vehicles and pedestrians
- For content moderation, to locate forbidden objects and their respective size
- In health, to locate tumors or dangerous tissue using radiographs
- In manufacturing, for assembly robots to put together or repair products
- In the security industry, to detect threats or count people
- In wildlife conservation, to monitor an animal population
These are just a few examples—more and more applications are being discovered every day as object localization becomes more powerful.
