Paper ID: 2406.19665

PM-VIS+: High-Performance Video Instance Segmentation without Video Annotation

Zhangjing Yang, Dun Liu, Xin Wang, Zhe Li, Barathwaj Anandan, Yi Wu

Video instance segmentation requires detecting, segmenting, and tracking objects in videos, typically relying on costly video annotations. This paper introduces a method that eliminates video annotations by utilizing image datasets. The PM-VIS algorithm is adapted to handle both bounding box and instance-level pixel annotations dynamically. We introduce ImageNet-bbox to supplement missing categories in video datasets and propose the PM-VIS+ algorithm to adjust supervision based on annotation types. To enhance accuracy, we use pseudo masks and semi-supervised optimization techniques on unannotated video data. This method achieves high video instance segmentation performance without manual video annotations, offering a cost-effective solution and new perspectives for video instance segmentation applications. The code will be available in https://github.com/ldknight/PM-VIS-plus

Submitted: Jun 28, 2024