Summary of U-sketch: An Efficient Approach For Sketch to Image Diffusion Models, by Ilias Mitsouras et al.
U-Sketch: An Efficient Approach for Sketch to Image Diffusion Models
by Ilias Mitsouras, Eleftherios Tsonis, Paraskevi Tzouveli, Athanasios Voulodimos
First submitted to arxiv on: 27 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a new framework for sketch-to-image synthesis called U-Sketch. The authors aim to improve upon existing diffusion models by introducing a U-Net type latent edge predictor that efficiently captures local and global features as well as spatial correlations between pixels. This approach reduces the number of required denoising steps and execution time while producing more realistic results aligned with reference sketches. Additionally, the paper introduces a sketch simplification network allowing users to preprocess and simplify input sketches for enhanced outputs. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The U-Sketch framework uses a combination of diffusion models and edge prediction to create highly realistic images that match both text prompts and spatial layouts from reference sketches. The authors improve upon previous methods by reducing the number of denoising steps needed, making the process more efficient. Users can also simplify their input sketches before generating images, leading to better results. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Diffusion * Image synthesis
