arXiv Machine Learning

Identity-Conditioned Score Fusion for Open-Set Person Re-Identification

The paper proposes identity-conditioned score fusion for open-set person re-identification, a framework that assigns weights tailored to each gallery identity without requiring additional training. By comparing intra-identity consistency with cross-identity impostors, it derives identity-specific profiles that work with query-conditioned adaptation through a parameter-free rule, enhancing the separation between true and false matches while maintaining score calibration. Experiments on three clothes-changing benchmarks show consistent improvements over statistical, rank-based, and learned baselines, achieving up to an 8.8% absolute reduction in the false non-identification rate.

arXiv Computer Vision
Oct 22

MINER: Modeling Inter- and Intra-Person Variance for Reidentification

MINER is a model-agnostic framework designed to improve clothes-changing person re-identification by suppressing garment bias. It works by contrasting hard examples and adaptively balancing intra- and inter-person variance in the dataset. Experiments demonstrate that MINER achieves state-of-the-art performance on four CC-ReID benchmarks and ranks among the leaders in all three tracks of the open TVRID RGB-Depth ReID challenge.

By Oron Nir, Eliyahu Strugo, Ariel Shamir
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 8

Does Appearance Help? A Systematic Study of Image-Based Re-Identification in Online 3D Multi-Pedestrian Tracking

arXiv:2606. 07233v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: LiDAR-based 3D Multi-Object Tracking (MOT) typically relies solely on geometric information, which is often insufficient to distinguish between targets during prolonged occlusions or in crowded human-populated environments.

By Eduardo Borges, Lu\'is Garrote, Urbano J. Nunes
arXiv Computer Vision
Oct 9

Expression-Diverse References for Identity-Preserving Video Generation

The paper addresses the challenge of identity‑preserving video generation when a single reference portrait cannot capture the subject’s appearance across varied expressions. It introduces a compact, expression‑diverse reference gallery and a new evaluation metric that measures identity similarity for mild, intense, and extreme expressions. By extending the Stand‑In model to use these galleries and curating diverse face crops from training videos, the authors demonstrate improved identity preservation, especially for extreme expressions, on both real and synthesized reference sets.

By Tianwen Fu, Wenbin Teng, Gonglin Chen, Junyi Ouyang, Haolin Xiong, Yajie Zhao
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 11

Prototype Matters: Modality-unified Prototype Self-distillation for Unsupervised Visible-infrared Person Re-identification

The paper introduces a new framework for unsupervised visible‑infrared person re‑identification that leverages modality‑unified prototypes. By contrasting with prototypes that unify both modalities, the method jointly optimizes similarity within and across modalities, improving modality invariance. A self‑distillation step refines instance‑prototype relationships using a steady teacher, resulting in a simple yet effective model validated on standard VI‑ReID benchmarks.

By Menglin Wang, Xiaojin Gong
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 23

Identity-Centric Video Summarization via Hierarchical Fusion of Biometric, Appearance, and 3D Body Features

The paper introduces a video summarization method that fuses facial embeddings, 3D body‑shape features, and visual appearance within a multi‑object tracking framework. By hierarchically assigning identities and using bidirectional anchoring, it robustly recovers trajectories even under heavy occlusion or low visual quality. Keyframes are selected through a multi‑factor weighting scheme that balances biometric clarity, social interaction, and motion dynamics, while Adaptive Non‑Maximum Suppression guarantees temporal diversity, resulting in a compact, identity‑centric summary.

By Milad Mirjalili, Enrique Alegre Guti\'errez, Eduardo Fidalgo Fern\'andez, V\'ictor Gonz\'alez Castro, Roc\'io Alaiz Rodr\'iguez, Manuel Castej\'on Limas