Image Playback

Image Playback allows users to view image sequences as a smooth, video-like stream, giving a clear sense of motion and scene continuity. This is particularly helpful during annotation review—users can spot inconsistencies, missed frames, or temporal drift in objects by watching the entire sequence unfold visually. This feature is both good and fast, significantly improving annotation validation without adding extra steps or overhead.


Use Case

  • Autonomous Driving – Scene Context & Object Motion Helps reviewers understand object behavior over time—like lane changes or pedestrian motion—by watching the sequence play out.

  • Industrial Inspections – Detecting Temporal Drift Review sequences for shifts or drifts in bounding boxes or segmentation that may not be obvious frame-by-frame.

  • Agri-Tech – Monitoring Machinery or Movement Across Fields Identify how well stationary or moving objects (e.g., tractors, drones) are captured and tracked over time.


Benefits

  • Good: Enhances annotation quality by providing temporal context in a single, fluid view.

  • Fast: Speeds up review and validation by replacing frame-by-frame scrubbing with real-time playback.


Steps to Use Image Playback

  1. When the batch loads, a cloud icon appears, above the reference image panel, indicating that images are being prepared in the background.

  2. Hover over the icon to view loading progress.

  3. Once the progress reaches 100%, the icon disappears and playback is fully enabled.

  4. Switch to Annotate Image mode to begin playback.

  5. Click Play on the sensor timeline to view the full sequence as a continuous animation.

Tip: You don't have to wait for full loading. Playback begins once x% of the sequence is ready—though only a limited portion (x%) of the sequence will play until more is available.

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