Low-resolution human pose estimation

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Highlights:

• Analyzing effect of low-resolution input on human pose estimation.

• Exploring the significant advantages of offset-based methods in the low-resolution setting.

• Gaussian offset weighing guides the learning of offset fields.

• Gaussian heatmap weighing represents accurate human joint positions.

• Two-stage training strategy is proposed for robust guiding information.

摘要

•Analyzing effect of low-resolution input on human pose estimation.•Exploring the significant advantages of offset-based methods in the low-resolution setting.•Gaussian offset weighing guides the learning of offset fields.•Gaussian heatmap weighing represents accurate human joint positions.•Two-stage training strategy is proposed for robust guiding information.

论文关键词:Human pose estimation,Low resolution image,Heatmap learning,Offset learning,Quantization error

论文评审过程:Received 12 January 2021, Revised 6 February 2022, Accepted 7 February 2022, Available online 9 February 2022, Version of Record 20 February 2022.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2022.108579