Systems and methods for similarity-based universal object-detection for joint identification

Abstract

A computer-implemented method may include receiving an image to analyze for potential objects; providing the image as input to a pretrained machine learning model, where the pretrained machine learning model is trained to detect a known object that corresponds to a predefined category within the pretrained machine learning model or a generic object; determining based on output from the pretrained machine learning model, that the image comprises an instance of a generic object; performing, based on determining that the image comprises an instance of a generic object, a similarity search between the image and a library of images; and determining, for the instance of the generic object, a specific category defined by the library of images based at least in part on the similarity search. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.