Summary of Multi-weather Cross-view Geo-localization Using Denoising Diffusion Models, by Tongtong Feng et al.
Multi-weather Cross-view Geo-localization Using Denoising Diffusion Models
by Tongtong Feng, Qing Li, Xin Wang, Mingzi Wang, Guangyao Li, Wenwu Zhu
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Aug 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 The paper introduces MCGF, a novel framework for cross-view geo-localization in GNSS-denied environments. This task involves matching drone-view images with their corresponding satellite-view images from a large gallery. Recent work has shown that learning discriminative image representations under specific weather conditions can improve performance. However, the frequent occurrence of unseen extreme weather conditions hinders progress. MCGF dynamically adapts to unseen weather conditions by establishing a joint optimization between image restoration and geo-localization using denoising diffusion models. The framework incorporates a shared encoder and lightweight restoration module for image restoration, and EVA-02 as a backbone for feature extraction in the geo-localization task. Experimental results on University160k-WX demonstrate that MCGF achieves competitive results for geo-localization in varying weather conditions. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine you’re trying to figure out where a drone took a photo based on the satellite image of the same place. This is called cross-view geo-localization, and it’s hard because it needs to work even when the weather is bad or different from what it was during training. The authors created a new way to do this called MCGF that can adapt to unexpected weather conditions. It uses special computer models to restore the quality of the drone images and then match them with the satellite images. This helps the system be more accurate, even when the weather is bad. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Encoder » Feature extraction » Optimization
