Still using HOG for object or pedestrian detection? You probably shouldn’t.

HOG was great years ago, but today it’s slow, fragile to viewpoint changes, and struggles with small or occluded objects.

Modern deep learning detectors in OpenCV — like U-Net (faces), YOLO, and… pic.twitter.com/YM3oDyF0XX

— Satya Mallick (@LearnOpenCV) 7 janvier 2026

Still using HOG for object or pedestrian detection? You probably shouldn’t. HOG was great years ago, but today it’s slow, fragile to viewpoint changes, and struggles with small or occluded objects. Modern deep learning detectors in OpenCV — like U-Net (faces), YOLO, and

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