Summary of Latent Diffusion Models For Attribute-preserving Image Anonymization, by Luca Piano et al.
Latent Diffusion Models for Attribute-Preserving Image Anonymization
by Luca Piano, Pietro Basci, Fabrizio Lamberti, Lia Morra
First submitted to arxiv on: 21 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Generative techniques for image anonymization have significant potential to generate datasets that protect individuals’ privacy while maintaining data fidelity and utility. Existing methods primarily focus on preserving facial attributes, neglecting the scene and background aspects of anonymization. This paper introduces a novel approach based on Latent Diffusion Models (LDMs), presenting two models: CAMOUFLaGE-Base, which combines pre-trained ControlNets with a new controlling mechanism to increase re-identification difficulty, and CAMOFULaGE-Light, using the Adapter technique and an encoding to efficiently represent person attributes. The proposed method achieves superior performance on most metrics and benchmarks while better preserving original image content, addressing unresolved challenges in current solutions. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine having a way to hide people’s identities in photos without changing what’s happening in the scene. This paper introduces a new technique called Latent Diffusion Models (LDMs) that can do just that. It’s like using a special filter that makes it hard to recognize someone, while keeping everything else in the picture intact. The authors tested their method on lots of images and found that it works really well, even better than some other methods that only focus on hiding faces. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Diffusion
