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Main Authors: Luzio, João, Bernardino, Alexandre, Moreno, Plinio
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10836
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author Luzio, João
Bernardino, Alexandre
Moreno, Plinio
author_facet Luzio, João
Bernardino, Alexandre
Moreno, Plinio
contents The aim of this work is to establish how accurately a recent semantic-based foveal active perception model is able to complete visual tasks that are regularly performed by humans, namely, scene exploration and visual search. This model exploits the ability of current object detectors to localize and classify a large number of object classes and to update a semantic description of a scene across multiple fixations. It has been used previously in scene exploration tasks. In this paper, we revisit the model and extend its application to visual search tasks. To illustrate the benefits of using semantic information in scene exploration and visual search tasks, we compare its performance against traditional saliency-based models. In the task of scene exploration, the semantic-based method demonstrates superior performance compared to the traditional saliency-based model in accurately representing the semantic information present in the visual scene. In visual search experiments, searching for instances of a target class in a visual field containing multiple distractors shows superior performance compared to the saliency-driven model and a random gaze selection algorithm. Our results demonstrate that semantic information, from the top-down, influences visual exploration and search tasks significantly, suggesting a potential area of research for integrating it with traditional bottom-up cues.
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spellingShingle Semantic-Based Active Perception for Humanoid Visual Tasks with Foveal Sensors
Luzio, João
Bernardino, Alexandre
Moreno, Plinio
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
The aim of this work is to establish how accurately a recent semantic-based foveal active perception model is able to complete visual tasks that are regularly performed by humans, namely, scene exploration and visual search. This model exploits the ability of current object detectors to localize and classify a large number of object classes and to update a semantic description of a scene across multiple fixations. It has been used previously in scene exploration tasks. In this paper, we revisit the model and extend its application to visual search tasks. To illustrate the benefits of using semantic information in scene exploration and visual search tasks, we compare its performance against traditional saliency-based models. In the task of scene exploration, the semantic-based method demonstrates superior performance compared to the traditional saliency-based model in accurately representing the semantic information present in the visual scene. In visual search experiments, searching for instances of a target class in a visual field containing multiple distractors shows superior performance compared to the saliency-driven model and a random gaze selection algorithm. Our results demonstrate that semantic information, from the top-down, influences visual exploration and search tasks significantly, suggesting a potential area of research for integrating it with traditional bottom-up cues.
title Semantic-Based Active Perception for Humanoid Visual Tasks with Foveal Sensors
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10836