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Remove duplicate detections of the same object. PREMIUM (license).
Greedy non-maximum suppression: keep the highest-scoring box, drop
everything overlapping it above the threshold, repeat. Ties break on the
earlier index, so the result is deterministic rather than dependent on sort
stability. Typical input {"boxes": [[0,0,10,10],[1,1,11,11],[50,50,60,60]],
"scores": [0.9, 0.8, 0.7]} returns {"keep": [0, 2], "suppressed": [{"index":
1, "by": 0, "iou": 0.6807}], "kept": 2}.
Use after a detector that emits overlapping boxes. Not for scoring against
ground truth (detection_metrics) and not for format changes (bbox_convert). Errors: on invalid, missing, or malformed input this tool never raises a protocol error — it returns {"error": "<what is wrong and how to fix it>"} (for example {"error": "boxes and scores must be the same length"}). Every call is read-only and idempotent, so after correcting the input it is always safe to retry.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| boxes | array | yes | Candidate boxes in box_format, e.g. [[0, 0, 10, 10]]. |
| scores | array | yes | One confidence per box, same order and same length as boxes. |
| iou_threshold | number | no | Overlap above which the lower-scoring box is dropped. Default 0.5. |
| box_format | string | no | "voc", "coco" or "yolo". Default "voc". |
| image_width | integer | no | Pixel width; required for yolo boxes. |
| image_height | integer | no | Pixel height; required for yolo boxes. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"boxes": {
"items": {
"items": {
"type": "number"
},
"type": "array"
},
"type": "array",
"description": "Candidate boxes in box_format, e.g. [[0, 0, 10, 10]]."
},
"scores": {
"items": {
"type": "number"
},
"type": "array",
"description": "One confidence per box, same order and same length as boxes."
},
"iou_threshold": {
"default": 0.5,
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"maximum": 1,
"type": "number",
"description": "Overlap above which the lower-scoring box is dropped.\nDefault 0.5."
},
"box_format": {
"default": "voc",
"enum": [
"coco",
"voc",
"yolo"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "\"voc\", \"coco\" or \"yolo\". Default \"voc\"."
},
"image_width": {
"default": 0,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Pixel width; required for yolo boxes."
},
"image_height": {
"default": 0,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Pixel height; required for yolo boxes."
}
},
"required": [
"boxes",
"scores"
],
"type": "object"
}