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SpikePose system slashes energy use for video pose estimation

Researchers have developed SpikePose, a novel video human pose estimation system that significantly reduces energy consumption while maintaining high accuracy. This system pairs a spiking neural network encoder with a motion-aligned heatmap memory module to efficiently process video data. SpikePose achieves a 91.4% reduction in estimated arithmetic energy compared to a similar classical artificial neural network, with only a minor decrease in localization accuracy. AI

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SpikePose system slashes energy use for video pose estimation

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  1. arXiv cs.NE (Neural & Evolutionary) TIER_1 English(EN) · Fani Deligianni ·

    SpikePose: Lightweight Video Human Pose Estimation

    Efficient video human pose estimation must balance localisation accuracy, motion quality, and energy cost. We present SpikePose, a lightweight video pose estimator that pairs a frame-reset, single-step spiking encoder with motion-aligned heatmap memory (MAM). The encoder supplies…

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Yunhao Huang, Kaushik Bhargav Sivangi, Tianyi Yu, Fani Deligianni ·

    SpikePose: Lightweight Video Human Pose Estimation

    arXiv:2611.06594v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Efficient video human pose estimation must balance localisation accuracy, motion quality, and energy cost. We present SpikePose, a lightweight video pose estimator that pairs a frame-reset, single-step spiking encoder with motion-al…