Benchmark rates (seconds per item)

AnnotationQC

Manual creation

Tag

Image assessment

Update

No change

Deletion

Track

Interpolation

Project parameters

Average object count (per image)

Average tag count (per image)

Total image count

Formula reference

Box = manual_rate × obj_count × images
Tag = tag_rate × tag_count × images
Image = image_rate × images
Update / No change / Deletion / Track / Interp = rate × obj_count × images

Summary breakdown (seconds)

Component	Annotation	QC
Box (manual creation)	7,500	2,500
Tag	1,000	400
Image assessment	1,000	1,000
Update	0	0
No change	0	0
Deletion	0	0
Track	0	0
Interpolation	0	0
Total	9,500	3,900

Time output

Annotation

seconds

9,500

158.33 min

2.64 hrs

seconds

3,900

65.00 min

1.08 hrs

Combined total

seconds

13,400

223.33 min

3.72 hrs

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