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In this paper we present a novel simulation technique for generating high quality images of any predefined resolution. This method can be used to synthesize sonar scans of size equivalent to those collected during a full-length mission,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-23 Marija Jegorova , Antti Ilari Karjalainen , Jose Vazquez , Timothy M. Hospedales

In this letter, we present a novel method for automatic extrinsic calibration of high-resolution LiDARs and RGB cameras in targetless environments. Our approach does not require checkerboards but can achieve pixel-level accuracy by aligning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Chongjian Yuan , Xiyuan Liu , Xiaoping Hong , Fu Zhang

Recent advancements in object-centric text-to-3D generation have shown impressive results. However, generating complex 3D scenes remains an open challenge due to the intricate relations between objects. Moreover, existing methods are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Yu-Hsiang Huang , Wei Wang , Sheng-Yu Huang , Yu-Chiang Frank Wang

The performance of neural network models is often limited by the availability of big data sets. To treat this problem, we survey and develop novel synthetic data generation and augmentation techniques for enhancing low/zero-sample learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-02-02 Nathan Clement , Alan Schoen , Arnold Boedihardjo , Andrew Jenkins

3D generative models of objects enable photorealistic image synthesis with 3D control. Existing methods model the scene as a global scene representation, ignoring the compositional aspect of the scene. Compositional reasoning can enable a…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Mallikarjun BR , Ayush Tewari , Xingang Pan , Mohamed Elgharib , Christian Theobalt

Generative AI (GenAI) has significantly advanced the ease and flexibility of image creation. However, it remains a challenge to precisely control spatial compositions, including object arrangement and scene conditions. To bridge this gap,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Runlin Duan , Yuzhao Chen , Rahul Jain , Yichen Hu , Jingyu Shi , Karthik Ramani

The task of layout-to-image generation involves synthesizing images based on the captions of objects and their spatial positions. Existing methods still struggle in complex layout generation, where common bad cases include object missing,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Bo Cheng , Yuhang Ma , Liebucha Wu , Shanyuan Liu , Ao Ma , Xiaoyu Wu , Dawei Leng , Yuhui Yin

Inspired by cellular growth and self-organization, Neural Cellular Automata (NCAs) have been capable of "growing" artificial cells into images, 3D structures, and even functional machines. NCAs are flexible and robust computational systems…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-05-16 Shyam Sudhakaran , Elias Najarro , Sebastian Risi

We introduce a new approach to high-fidelity 3D scene reconstruction from multi-view RGB images that tightly couples reconstruction with a strong generative 3D prior. We cast scene reconstruction as conditional 3D generation over a set of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Katharina Schmid , Nicolas von Lützow , Jozef Hladký , Angela Dai , Matthias Nießner

The demand for efficient 3D model generation techniques has grown exponentially, as manual creation of 3D models is time-consuming and requires specialized expertise. While generative models have shown potential in creating 3D textured…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-28 Fanghua Yu , Xintao Wang , Zheyuan Li , Yan-Pei Cao , Ying Shan , Chao Dong

As several industries are moving towards modeling massive 3D virtual worlds, the need for content creation tools that can scale in terms of the quantity, quality, and diversity of 3D content is becoming evident. In our work, we aim to train…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-23 Jun Gao , Tianchang Shen , Zian Wang , Wenzheng Chen , Kangxue Yin , Daiqing Li , Or Litany , Zan Gojcic , Sanja Fidler

We introduce nested diffusion models, an efficient and powerful hierarchical generative framework that substantially enhances the generation quality of diffusion models, particularly for images of complex scenes. Our approach employs a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Xiao Zhang , Ruoxi Jiang , Rebecca Willett , Michael Maire

Generating images via the generative adversarial network (GAN) has attracted much attention recently. However, most of the existing GAN-based methods can only produce low-resolution images of limited quality. Directly generating…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-01 Yong Guo , Qi Chen , Jian Chen , Qingyao Wu , Qinfeng Shi , Mingkui Tan

We present a new method for synthesizing high-resolution photo-realistic images from semantic label maps using conditional generative adversarial networks (conditional GANs). Conditional GANs have enabled a variety of applications, but the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-21 Ting-Chun Wang , Ming-Yu Liu , Jun-Yan Zhu , Andrew Tao , Jan Kautz , Bryan Catanzaro

Normal map is an important and efficient way to represent complex 3D models. A designer may benefit from the auto-generation of high quality and accurate normal maps from freehand sketches in 3D content creation. This paper proposes a deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-26 Yi He , Haoran Xie , Chao Zhang , Xi Yang , Kazunori Miyata

Image generation models trained on large datasets can synthesize high-quality images but often produce spatially inconsistent and distorted images due to limited information about the underlying structures and spatial layouts. In this work,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Hyundo Lee , Suhyung Choi , Inwoo Hwang , Byoung-Tak Zhang

Cell segmentation in microscopy is a challenging problem, since cells are often asymmetric and densely packed. This becomes particularly challenging for extremely large images, since manual intervention and processing time can make…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-19 Mahsa Lotfollahi , Sebastian Berisha , Leila Saadatifard , Laura Montier , Jokubas Ziburkus , David Mayerich

Being able to understand visual scenes is a precursor for many downstream tasks, including autonomous driving, robotics, and other vision-based approaches. A common approach enabling the ability to reason over visual data is Scene Graph…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Ce Zhang , Simon Stepputtis , Joseph Campbell , Katia Sycara , Yaqi Xie

Generative world models have become essential data engines for autonomous driving, yet most existing efforts focus on videos or occupancy grids, overlooking the unique LiDAR properties. Extending LiDAR generation to dynamic 4D world…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Ao Liang , Youquan Liu , Yu Yang , Dongyue Lu , Linfeng Li , Lingdong Kong , Huaici Zhao , Wei Tsang Ooi

In this paper, we give an elaborate and understandable review of traffic cellular automata (TCA) models, which are a class of computationally efficient microscopic traffic flow models. TCA models arise from the physics discipline of…

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