diff --git a/models/common.py b/models/common.py
index ad35f908d865..91b600c7c55e 100644
--- a/models/common.py
+++ b/models/common.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # This file contains modules common to various models
 
+import base64
 import math
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
 from PIL import Image
+from io import BytesIO
 
 from utils.datasets import letterbox
 from utils.general import non_max_suppression, make_divisible, scale_coords, xyxy2xywh
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@ def __init__(self, imgs, pred, files, names=None):
         self.xywhn = [x / g for x, g in zip(self.xywh, gn)]  # xywh normalized
         self.n = len(self.pred)
 
-    def display(self, pprint=False, show=False, save=False, render=False, save_dir=''):
+    def display(self, pprint=False, show=False, save=False, render=False, save_dir='', base_64=False):
         colors = color_list()
         for i, (img, pred) in enumerate(zip(self.imgs, self.pred)):
             str = f'image {i + 1}/{len(self.pred)}: {img.shape[0]}x{img.shape[1]} '
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ def display(self, pprint=False, show=False, save=False, render=False, save_dir='
                 for c in pred[:, -1].unique():
                     n = (pred[:, -1] == c).sum()  # detections per class
                     str += f"{n} {self.names[int(c)]}{'s' * (n > 1)}, "  # add to string
-                if show or save or render:
+                if show or save or render or base_64:
                     for *box, conf, cls in pred:  # xyxy, confidence, class
                         label = f'{self.names[int(cls)]} {conf:.2f}'
                         plot_one_box(box, img, label=label, color=colors[int(cls) % 10])
@@ -268,6 +270,12 @@ def display(self, pprint=False, show=False, save=False, render=False, save_dir='
                 print(f"{'Saving' * (i == 0)} {f},", end='' if i < self.n - 1 else ' done.\n')
             if render:
                 self.imgs[i] = np.asarray(img)
+            if base_64:
+                buffered = BytesIO()
+                img.save(buffered, format="JPEG")
+                img_base64 = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue()).decode('utf-8')
+                return img_base64
+
 
     def print(self):
         self.display(pprint=True)  # print results
@@ -283,6 +291,9 @@ def render(self):
         self.display(render=True)  # render results
         return self.imgs
 
+    def tobase64(self):
+        return self.display(base_64=True)
+
     def __len__(self):
         return self.n
 
diff --git a/utils/datasets.py b/utils/datasets.py
index d6ab16518034..0790a3e120ac 100755
--- a/utils/datasets.py
+++ b/utils/datasets.py
@@ -1033,19 +1033,52 @@ def extract_boxes(path='../coco128/'):  # from utils.datasets import *; extract_
                     assert cv2.imwrite(str(f), im[b[1]:b[3], b[0]:b[2]]), f'box failure in {f}'
 
 
-def autosplit(path='../coco128', weights=(0.9, 0.1, 0.0)):  # from utils.datasets import *; autosplit('../coco128')
+def autosplit(path='../coco128', weights=(0.9, 0.1, 0.0), annotated_only=False, bg_imgs_path=None, bg_imgs_ratio=0.05): # from utils.datasets import *; autosplit('../coco128')
+
     """ Autosplit a dataset into train/val/test splits and save path/autosplit_*.txt files
     # Arguments
-        path:       Path to images directory
-        weights:    Train, val, test weights (list)
+        path:           Path to images directory
+        weights:        Train, val, test weights (list)
+        annotated_only: Only use images with an annotated txt file associated to create the dataset
+        bg_imgs_path:   Path to background images to introduce inside the dataset (to reduce FPs)
+        bg_imgs_ratio:  Ratio of background images to add according to the number of images in each split
     """
+
     path = Path(path)  # images dir
-    files = list(path.rglob('*.*'))
+
+    # make sure we only work with images files
+    files = sum([list(path.rglob(f"*.{img_ext}")) for img_ext in img_formats], [])
     n = len(files)  # number of files
+
     indices = random.choices([0, 1, 2], weights=weights, k=n)  # assign each image to a split
+
     txt = ['autosplit_train.txt', 'autosplit_val.txt', 'autosplit_test.txt']  # 3 txt files
     [(path / x).unlink() for x in txt if (path / x).exists()]  # remove existing
+
+    if annotated_only:
+        print("Only annotated images with a .txt file associated will be used to create the dataset")
+
+    bg_dataset_sizes = [0, 0, 0] # calculate num of bg images needed for each split
     for i, img in tqdm(zip(indices, files), total=n):
-        if img.suffix[1:] in img_formats:
+        # in case we want to use only annotated files
+        if not annotated_only or (annotated_only and (img.parent / (img.stem + ".txt")).exists()):
             with open(path / txt[i], 'a') as f:
                 f.write(str(img) + '\n')  # add image to txt file
+            bg_dataset_sizes[i] += bg_imgs_ratio
+
+    # automatically fill our dataset with background images
+    if bg_imgs_path:
+        assert 0 < bg_imgs_ratio <= 0.1, "We recommend a background images ratio between 0% (0) and 10% (0.1)"
+        bg_path = Path(bg_imgs_path)
+        bg_files = sum([list(bg_path.rglob(f"*.{img_ext}")) for img_ext in img_formats], [])
+
+        print("Filling the dataset with some background images...")
+
+        # keep only the number of bg images needed
+        bg_files = random.sample(bg_files, round(sum(bg_dataset_sizes)))
+        bg_indices = random.choices([0, 1, 2], weights=weights, k=len(bg_files))
+
+        for i, img in tqdm(zip(bg_indices, bg_files), total=len(bg_files)):
+            with open(path / txt[i], 'a') as f:
+                f.write(str(img) + '\n')  # add image to txt file
+