Digging into contrastive learning for robust depth estimation with diffusion models

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Hauptverfasser: Wang, Jiyuan, Lin, Chunyu, Nie, Lang, Liao, Kang, Shao, Shuwei, Zhao, Yao
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author Wang, Jiyuan
Lin, Chunyu
Nie, Lang
Liao, Kang
Shao, Shuwei
Zhao, Yao
author_facet Wang, Jiyuan
Lin, Chunyu
Nie, Lang
Liao, Kang
Shao, Shuwei
Zhao, Yao
contents Recently, diffusion-based depth estimation methods have drawn widespread attention due to their elegant denoising patterns and promising performance. However, they are typically unreliable under adverse conditions prevalent in real-world scenarios, such as rainy, snowy, etc. In this paper, we propose a novel robust depth estimation method called D4RD, featuring a custom contrastive learning mode tailored for diffusion models to mitigate performance degradation in complex environments. Concretely, we integrate the strength of knowledge distillation into contrastive learning, building the `trinity' contrastive scheme. This scheme utilizes the sampled noise of the forward diffusion process as a natural reference, guiding the predicted noise in diverse scenes toward a more stable and precise optimum. Moreover, we extend noise-level trinity to encompass more generic feature and image levels, establishing a multi-level contrast to distribute the burden of robust perception across the overall network. Before addressing complex scenarios, we enhance the stability of the baseline diffusion model with three straightforward yet effective improvements, which facilitate convergence and remove depth outliers. Extensive experiments demonstrate that D4RD surpasses existing state-of-the-art solutions on synthetic corruption datasets and real-world weather conditions. Source code and data are available at \url{https://github.com/wangjiyuan9/D4RD}.
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spellingShingle Digging into contrastive learning for robust depth estimation with diffusion models
Wang, Jiyuan
Lin, Chunyu
Nie, Lang
Liao, Kang
Shao, Shuwei
Zhao, Yao
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
I.4.5
Recently, diffusion-based depth estimation methods have drawn widespread attention due to their elegant denoising patterns and promising performance. However, they are typically unreliable under adverse conditions prevalent in real-world scenarios, such as rainy, snowy, etc. In this paper, we propose a novel robust depth estimation method called D4RD, featuring a custom contrastive learning mode tailored for diffusion models to mitigate performance degradation in complex environments. Concretely, we integrate the strength of knowledge distillation into contrastive learning, building the `trinity' contrastive scheme. This scheme utilizes the sampled noise of the forward diffusion process as a natural reference, guiding the predicted noise in diverse scenes toward a more stable and precise optimum. Moreover, we extend noise-level trinity to encompass more generic feature and image levels, establishing a multi-level contrast to distribute the burden of robust perception across the overall network. Before addressing complex scenarios, we enhance the stability of the baseline diffusion model with three straightforward yet effective improvements, which facilitate convergence and remove depth outliers. Extensive experiments demonstrate that D4RD surpasses existing state-of-the-art solutions on synthetic corruption datasets and real-world weather conditions. Source code and data are available at \url{https://github.com/wangjiyuan9/D4RD}.
title Digging into contrastive learning for robust depth estimation with diffusion models
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
I.4.5
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.09831