argman/EAST
A TensorFlow re-implementation of the EAST deep learning model for scene text detection with C++ NMS optimization.

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This repository provides a TensorFlow implementation of the EAST (Efficient and Accurate Scene Text Detector) paper. The model performs scene text detection using a deep neural network based on ResNet-50 architecture with dice loss optimization. It includes a C++ implementation of Locality-Aware NMS for faster post-processing, achieving around 16 FPS on 720p images with a GTX 1080 Ti GPU.
Frequently asked
- What is argman/EAST?
- A TensorFlow re-implementation of the EAST deep learning model for scene text detection with C++ NMS optimization.
- Is EAST open source?
- Yes — argman/EAST is open source, released under the GPL-3.0 license.
- What language is EAST written in?
- argman/EAST is primarily written in C++.
- How popular is EAST?
- argman/EAST has 3.1k stars on GitHub.
- Where can I find EAST?
- argman/EAST is on GitHub at https://github.com/argman/EAST.