发现行人重识别模型在未见场景下相机偏见更严重,提出简单归一化方法有效缓解。
Exploring the Camera Bias of Person Re-identification
- 通过嵌入向量归一化降低模型对摄像头的依赖性
- 在跨域数据下显著减少相机偏见,提升泛化性能
- 适用于多种模型与基准,尤其适合无监督学习场景
我们实证研究了行人重识别(ReID)模型中的相机偏见问题。以往的相机感知方法多局限于训练域,而本文在未见域上测量偏见,发现数据分布偏移会使偏见加剧。针对未见域数据,我们重新审视嵌入向量的特征归一化方法。尽管该方法已被使用,但其原理和普适性尚未被充分探索。分析表明,该方法能有效缓解低级图像属性和身体姿态等具体偏见因素。我们在多个模型与基准上验证其通用性,证明其作为测试时后处理方法的潜力。此外,我们揭示了无监督学习中相机偏见的固有风险:即使在已知域,模型仍高度偏向相机标签,说明存在巨大改进空间。基于伪标签受偏见影响的观察,我们提出简单训练策略以减轻偏见,仅需微小修改即可显著提升现有无监督算法性能。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
We empirically investigate the camera bias of person re-identification (ReID) models. Previously, camera-aware methods have been proposed to address this issue, but they are largely confined to training domains of the models. We measure the camera bias of ReID models on unseen domains and reveal that camera bias becomes more pronounced under data distribution shifts. As a debiasing method for unseen domain data, we revisit feature normalization on embedding vectors. While the normalization has been used as a straightforward solution, its underlying causes and broader applicability remain unexplored. We analyze why this simple method is effective at reducing bias and show that it can be applied to detailed bias factors such as low-level image properties and body angle. Furthermore, we validate its generalizability across various models and benchmarks, highlighting its potential as a simple yet effective test-time postprocessing method for ReID. In addition, we explore the inherent risk of camera bias in unsupervised learning of ReID models. The unsupervised models remain highly biased towards camera labels even for seen domain data, indicating substantial room for improvement. Based on observations of the negative impact of camera-biased pseudo labels on training, we suggest simple training strategies to mitigate the bias. By applying these strategies to existing unsupervised learning algorithms, we show that significant performance improvements can be achieved with minor modifications.
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