Computational Methods for Integrating Vision and Language / by Kenichi Kanatani, Yasuyuki Sugaya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kanatani, Kenichi., Author.

Sugaya, Yasuyuki, Author.

Series:

Synthesis Lectures on Computer Vision, 2153-1064

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Image processing—Digital techniques.

Computer vision.

Pattern recognition systems.

Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.

Computer Vision.

Automated Pattern Recognition.

Local Subjects:

Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.

Computer Vision.

Automated Pattern Recognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

Modeling data from visual and linguistic modalities together creates opportunities for better understanding of both, and supports many useful applications. Examples of dual visual-linguistic data includes images with keywords, video with narrative, and figures in documents. We consider two key task-driven themes: translating from one modality to another (e.g., inferring annotations for images) and understanding the data using all modalities, where one modality can help disambiguate information in another. The multiple modalities can either be essentially semantically redundant (e.g., keywords provided by a person looking at the image), or largely complementary (e.g., meta data such as the camera used). Redundancy and complementarity are two endpoints of a scale, and we observe that good performance on translation requires some redundancy, and that joint inference is most useful where some information is complementary. Computational methods discussed are broadly organized into ones for simple keywords, ones going beyond keywords toward natural language, and ones considering sequential aspects of natural language. Methods for keywords are further organized based on localization of semantics, going from words about the scene taken as whole, to words that apply to specific parts of the scene, to relationships between parts. Methods going beyond keywords are organized by the linguistic roles that are learned, exploited, or generated. These include proper nouns, adjectives, spatial and comparative prepositions, and verbs. More recent developments in dealing with sequential structure include automated captioning of scenes and video, alignment of video and text, and automated answering of questions about scenes depicted in images.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Figure Credits

Introduction

The Semantics of Images and Associated Text

Sources of Data for Linking Visual and Linguistic Information

Extracting and Representing Visual Information

Text and Speech Processing

Modeling Images and Keywords

Beyond Simple Nouns

Sequential Structure

Bibliography

Author's Biography.

ISBN:

9783031018145

3031018141