Confidence Scores Explained

What a confidence score actually represents

A confidence score reflects how strongly the visible evidence supports a specific finding. It is not the same thing as truth, and it should never be read as a guarantee.

In practice, confidence tells you how stable a deduction is under the information available in the photo. Clear evidence usually pushes the score up. Occlusion, blur, weak lighting, or multiple plausible explanations pull it down.

How to think about high, medium, and low confidence

What changes a score

Confidence rises when the image is sharp, the subject is visible, and the surrounding context makes the finding easier to interpret. It falls when the scene is cropped, cluttered, poorly lit, or missing critical details.

How to use scores well

The safest habit is to review the confidence score together with the annotated overlay and the written deduction. If all three line up cleanly, the finding is easier to trust. If they feel mismatched, take more photos or review manually.

High confidence can help you move faster. Lower confidence often tells you exactly where more evidence would help.

Why low confidence can still be useful

A low-confidence finding is not useless. It can still point you toward an anomaly, a missing angle, or a question worth checking. In many real scenes, the best next step comes from noticing where the evidence is thin.

That makes confidence useful as a review tool. It shows not only what the system sees, but where uncertainty remains.