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Structured Generative Models for Scene Understanding
DOI:10.1007/s11263-024-02316-z.png)
Abstract
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This position paper argues for the use of structured generative models (SGMs) for the understanding of static scenes. This requires the reconstruction of a 3D scene from an input image (or a set of multi-view images), whereby the contents of the image(s) are causally explained in terms of models of instantiated objects, each with their own type, shape, appearance and pose, along with global variables like scene lighting and camera parameters. This approach also requires scene models which account for the co-occurrences and inter-relationships of objects in a scene. The SGM approach has the merits that it is compositional and generative, which lead to interpretability and editability. To pursue the SGM agenda, we need models for objects and scenes, and approaches to carry out inference. We first review models for objects, which include things (object categories that have a well defined shape), and stuff (categories which have amorphous spatial extent). We then move on to review scene models which describe the inter-relationships of objects. Perhaps the most challenging problem for SGMs is inference of the objects, lighting and camera parameters, and scene inter-relationships from input consisting of a single or multiple images. We conclude with a discussion of issues that need addressing to advance the SGM agenda.
Keywords:
Structured generative models
Generative models
Compositionality
Scene understanding
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