Deep learning for object recognition: A comprehensive review of models and algorithms

The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have significantly enhanced progress in computer vision, opening doors to innovative technological possibilities and enabling a range of real-world applications. Despite these developments, object recognition remains a complex domain with persistent challenges and limitations. This work seeks to address these challenges by investigating the effectiveness of deep learning (DL) methods in object detection tasks. Leveraging DL allows for the direct learning of feature representations from image data, resulting in advanced performance. This review provides a comprehensive examination of fundamental models and algorithms, with a particular focus on neural network (NN) frameworks utilized for feature extraction. Additionally, it evaluates the benchmark datasets commonly employed to assess their performance in object recognition tasks.