Summary of Vq-map: Bird’s-eye-view Map Layout Estimation in Tokenized Discrete Space Via Vector Quantization, by Yiwei Zhang et al.
VQ-Map: Bird’s-Eye-View Map Layout Estimation in Tokenized Discrete Space via Vector Quantization
by Yiwei Zhang, Jin Gao, Fudong Ge, Guan Luo, Bing Li, Zhaoxiang Zhang, Haibin Ling, Weiming Hu
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Nov 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 This paper proposes a novel method for generating accurate Bird’s-eye-view (BEV) maps from perspective view (PV) images. The goal is to estimate the BEV map layout by aligning PV features with generative models, overcoming challenges like occlusion and low resolution. To achieve this, the authors utilize a Vector Quantized-Variational AutoEncoder (VQ-VAE) to acquire prior knowledge for high-level BEV semantics in a tokenized discrete space. They then use a specialized token decoder module to align sparse backbone image features with obtained BEV tokens from discrete representation learning. This allows for the generation of high-quality BEV maps, leveraging a bridge between PV and BEV. The proposed model, VQ-Map, is evaluated on nuScenes and Argoverse benchmarks, achieving state-of-the-art results with mean IoUs of 62.2/47.6 (surround-view/monocular) on nuScenes and 73.4 (monocular) on Argoverse. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us create better maps for self-driving cars! The problem is that we have to deal with messy images, like ones taken from a weird angle or blocked by obstacles. The solution is to use special computer models called VQ-VAEs to understand what’s happening in the map. Then, we can use this understanding to make a new map that looks nice and clear. This paper shows how to do this really well, using maps from real places like cities. It even does better than other methods at doing this task! |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Decoder » Representation learning » Semantics » Token » Variational autoencoder
