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ReBaR: Reference-Based Reasoning for Robust Pose Estimation from Monocular Images

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2026-05-19 v3

Abstract

R}easoning for Robust Human Pose and Shape Estimation), designed to estimate human body shape and pose from single-view images. ReBaR effectively addresses the challenges of occlusions and depth ambiguity by learning reference features for part regression reasoning. Our approach starts by extracting features from both body and part regions using an attention-guided mechanism. Subsequently, these features are used to encode additional part-body dependencies for individual part regression, with part features serving as queries and the body feature as a reference. This reference-based reasoning allows our network to infer the spatial relationships of occluded parts with the body, utilizing visible parts and body reference information. ReBaR outperforms contemporary methods on three benchmark datasets and still maintains competitive advantages among recent new approaches. Demonstrating significant improvement in handling depth ambiguity and occlusion. These results strongly support the effectiveness of our reference-based framework for estimating human body shape and pose from single-view images.

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@article{arxiv.2303.11675,
  title  = {ReBaR: Reference-Based Reasoning for Robust Pose Estimation from Monocular Images},
  author = {Yongkang Cheng and Mingjiang Liang and Jifeng Ning and Gaoge Han and Wei Liu and Shaoli Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.11675},
  year   = {2026}
}

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Accepted by Pattern Recognition

R2 v1 2026-06-28T09:25:47.141Z