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New framework uses vision-language models for occlusion removal in light fields

Researchers have developed a novel framework for occlusion removal in light fields, combining light field integration (LFI) with vision-language models (VLMs). This approach first uses LFI to enhance visibility by suppressing foreground occlusions, then employs a VLM as a semantic prior to restore degraded structures and fine details. The method includes a multi-sample fusion strategy to aggregate hypotheses and reduce hallucination artifacts, demonstrating state-of-the-art performance on synthetic and real-world datasets. The framework shows promise for applications in search-and-rescue and robotic navigation. AI

IMPACT This research could improve perception in challenging environments, aiding applications like search-and-rescue and robotic navigation.

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Mohamed Youssef, Oliver Bimber ·

    Vision-Reasoning-Guided Occlusion Removal from Light Fields

    arXiv:2606.19985v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Occlusion-robust scene recovery remains a major challenge in computational imaging, particularly in natural environments where dense foreground vegetation severely limits visibility. We propose a vision-reasoning-guided light field …

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Oliver Bimber ·

    Vision-Reasoning-Guided Occlusion Removal from Light Fields

    Occlusion-robust scene recovery remains a major challenge in computational imaging, particularly in natural environments where dense foreground vegetation severely limits visibility. We propose a vision-reasoning-guided light field occlusion removal framework that combines the vi…