Blind Inverse Problem Solving Made Easy by Text-to-Image Latent Diffusion

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Main Authors: Dontas, Michail, He, Yutong, Murata, Naoki, Mitsufuji, Yuki, Kolter, J. Zico, Salakhutdinov, Ruslan
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Published: 2024
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author Dontas, Michail
He, Yutong
Murata, Naoki
Mitsufuji, Yuki
Kolter, J. Zico
Salakhutdinov, Ruslan
author_facet Dontas, Michail
He, Yutong
Murata, Naoki
Mitsufuji, Yuki
Kolter, J. Zico
Salakhutdinov, Ruslan
contents This paper considers blind inverse image restoration, the task of predicting a target image from a degraded source when the degradation (i.e. the forward operator) is unknown. Existing solutions typically rely on restrictive assumptions such as operator linearity, curated training data or narrow image distributions limiting their practicality. We introduce LADiBI, a training-free method leveraging large-scale text-to-image diffusion to solve diverse blind inverse problems with minimal assumptions. Within a Bayesian framework, LADiBI uses text prompts to jointly encode priors for both target images and operators, unlocking unprecedented flexibility compared to existing methods. Additionally, we propose a novel diffusion posterior sampling algorithm that combines strategic operator initialization with iterative refinement of image and operator parameters, eliminating the need for highly constrained operator forms. Experiments show that LADiBI effectively handles both linear and challenging nonlinear image restoration problems across various image distributions, all without task-specific assumptions or retraining.
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spellingShingle Blind Inverse Problem Solving Made Easy by Text-to-Image Latent Diffusion
Dontas, Michail
He, Yutong
Murata, Naoki
Mitsufuji, Yuki
Kolter, J. Zico
Salakhutdinov, Ruslan
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
This paper considers blind inverse image restoration, the task of predicting a target image from a degraded source when the degradation (i.e. the forward operator) is unknown. Existing solutions typically rely on restrictive assumptions such as operator linearity, curated training data or narrow image distributions limiting their practicality. We introduce LADiBI, a training-free method leveraging large-scale text-to-image diffusion to solve diverse blind inverse problems with minimal assumptions. Within a Bayesian framework, LADiBI uses text prompts to jointly encode priors for both target images and operators, unlocking unprecedented flexibility compared to existing methods. Additionally, we propose a novel diffusion posterior sampling algorithm that combines strategic operator initialization with iterative refinement of image and operator parameters, eliminating the need for highly constrained operator forms. Experiments show that LADiBI effectively handles both linear and challenging nonlinear image restoration problems across various image distributions, all without task-specific assumptions or retraining.
title Blind Inverse Problem Solving Made Easy by Text-to-Image Latent Diffusion
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.00557