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New framework enhances zero-shot sketch-based image retrieval

Researchers have developed SeCo-SBIR, a new framework for zero-shot sketch-based image retrieval (ZS-SBIR) that aims to improve generalization by bridging the domain gap between sketches and photos. The framework uses a text-guided multi-modal prompting strategy to inject semantic knowledge from CLIP's text encoder into its visual encoder. Additionally, a perturbation-based consistency constraint aligns the adapted model with a frozen CLIP reference, preventing overfitting and anchoring learned representations. This approach achieves state-of-the-art results on standard ZS-SBIR benchmarks. AI

IMPACT This research could improve the accuracy and generalization of AI systems that rely on visual understanding and retrieval from sketches.

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Long Hoang Dang, Tuan Nguyen Huu, Nguyen Minh Hieu, Tu Minh Phuong ·

    SeCo-SBIR: Semantically Consistent Prompt Learning for Zero-Shot Sketch-Based Image Retrieval

    arXiv:2608.03120v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Adapting CLIP for zero-shot sketch-based image retrieval (ZS-SBIR) via prompt learning faces a fundamental tension: the model must bridge the sketch-photo domain gap through task-specific adaptation, yet the added flexibility risks …