The Segment Anything Model (SAM), developed by Meta AI Research, represents a significant breakthrough in computer vision, offering a robust framework for image and video segmentation. This survey provides a comprehensive exploration of the SAM family, including SAM and SAM 2, highlighting their advancements in granularity and contextual understanding. Our study demonstrates SAM's versatility across a wide range of applications while identifying areas where improvements are needed, particularly in scenarios requiring high granularity and in the absence of explicit prompts. By mapping the evolution and capabilities of SAM models, we offer insights into their strengths and limitations and suggest future research directions, including domain-specific adaptations and enhanced memory and propagation mechanisms. We believe that this survey comprehensively covers the breadth of SAM's applications and challenges, setting the stage for ongoing advancements in segmentation technology.
@article{arxiv.2306.06211,
title = {A Survey on Segment Anything Model (SAM): Vision Foundation Model Meets Prompt Engineering},
author = {Chaoning Zhang and Joseph Cho and Fachrina Dewi Puspitasari and Sheng Zheng and Chenghao Li and Yu Qiao and Taegoo Kang and Xinru Shan and Chenshuang Zhang and Caiyan Qin and Francois Rameau and Lik-Hang Lee and Sung-Ho Bae and Choong Seon Hong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.06211},
year = {2024}
}
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Comprehensive survey on SAM family. 21 pages, 14 figures