SP-ILC: Concurrent Single-Pixel Imaging, Object Location, and Classification by Deep Learning

We propose a concurrent single-pixel imaging, object location, and classification scheme based on deep learning (SP-ILC). We used multitask learning, developed a new loss function, and created a dataset suitable for this project. The dataset consists of scenes that contain different numbers of possibly overlapping objects of various sizes. The results we obtained show that SP-ILC runs concurrent processes to locate objects in a scene with a high degree of precision in order to produce high quality single-pixel images of the objects, and to accurately classify objects, all with a low sampling rate. SP-ILC has potential for effective use in remote sensing, medical diagnosis and treatment, security, and autonomous vehicle control.