🌟 Summary

The latest release, v8.3.33, primarily focuses on refining object counting in the Ultralytics YOLO framework, boosting accuracy for tracking objects across specified regions.

📊 Key Changes

• Object Counting Enhancement: Overhauled the object counting logic by focusing on centroids for more precise tracking, especially in complex shapes and motions.
• Updated Documentation: Clarified the retina_masks and device arguments in the documentation for better user comprehension.
• Expanded Hardware Compatibility: Enabled MNN export on Raspberry Pi and NVIDIA Jetson platforms.
• CI/CD Improvements: Upgraded GitHub workflow actions for better integration with Codecov and Slack.

🎯 Purpose & Impact

• Improved Counting Accuracy: By utilizing centroids over bounding boxes, the update ensures more reliable object tracking and counting, crucial for applications needing high precision. 🎯
• User Clarity: Enhanced documentation provides clearer guidelines, helping both novice and expert users understand configuration impacts better.
• Broader Device Support: Allowing MNN exports on more devices fosters flexibility and innovation, broadening the community's ability to deploy models on diverse hardware setups.
• Streamlined Workflows: Upgrades to GitHub actions contribute to more efficient development cycles and error handling, ensuring smoother operations and faster updates.

What's Changed

• Update retina_masks description by @Y-T-G in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/17587
• Enable MNN on RPi and Jetson by @lakshanthad in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/17583
• Bump codecov/codecov-action from 4 to 5 in /.github/workflows by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/17597
• Bump slackapi/slack-github-action from 1.27.0 to 2.0.0 in /.github/workflows by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/17596
• Update device argument description for benchmark by @Y-T-G in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/17550
• ultralytics 8.3.33 Solutions counter direction fix by @RizwanMunawar in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/17607

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/compare/v8.3.32...v8.3.33