Delving into Cascaded Instability: A Lipschitz Continuity View on Image Restoration and Object Detection Synergy

Liang Lin (Sun Yat-Sen University) · Qing Zhao (Sun Yat-sen University) · Weijian Deng (Australian National University) · Pengxu Wei (SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY) · ZiYi Dong (SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY) · hannan lu (Harbin Institute of Technology) · Xiangyang Ji (Tsinghua University)
cascade frameworksdecision boundariesdetection networksdetection robustnessfeature learningfunctional mismatchgradient flowhaze benchmarksimage restorationlipschitz continuitylipschitz-regularized object detectionlow-light benchmarksoptimizationrestoration networksyolo detectors

To improve detection robustness in adverse conditions (e.g., haze and low light), image restoration is commonly applied as a pre-processing step to enhance image quality for the detector. However, the functional mismatch between restoration and detection networks can introduce instability and hinder effective integration