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Image retrieval method and device and image representation network training method and device

An image retrieval and characterization technology, applied in the computer field, can solve problems such as the influence of user experience, the increase in calculation and time consumption of image retrieval, and the difficulty of image retrieval technology to meet the real-time requirements, so as to reduce the calculation time and the time consumed by retrieval and computing resources, the effect of improving retrieval efficiency

Active Publication Date: 2021-08-13
ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECH CO LTD
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However, as the number of images in the retrieval database continues to increase, the amount of computation and time-consuming image retrieval increases, and existing image retrieval technologies are difficult to meet real-time requirements, resulting in affected user experience

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[0056] For the image representation network mentioned above, in one implementation manner, it can be trained by means of metric learning. In one embodiment, pairs of image samples of the same type and pairs of image samples of non-types can be constructed as training data, and the image representation network is trained by calculating triplet loss.

[0057] In addition, the inventor considers that, in the image retrieval method disclosed in the above embodiments, the image retrieval is realized by using the binarized feature vector. However, the vector distance obtained by comparing the same position elements with the binarized feature vector is not continuous everywhere, so it cannot help optimize the image representation network during the training process. Further, the inventor found through mathematical demonstration that in a discrete space composed of values ​​-1 and 1, there is the following linear relationship between the Hamming distance and the cosine similarity:

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The embodiment of the invention provides an image retrieval method. The retrieval method comprises the following steps: acquiring a first image to be retrieved, and inputting the first image into a trained image representation network to obtain a first representation vector; carrying out binarization processing on the first representation vector to obtain a binary representation vector of the first image; on the other hand, obtaining a plurality of binary representation vectors of the plurality of candidate images; and further, respectively calculating vector distances between the plurality of binary representation vectors and the binary representation vector of the first image, and recalling an image similar to the first image from the plurality of candidate images based on the vector distances. The embodiment of the invention further provides a training method of the image representation network. The training method can ensure that the retrieval performance of the image features before and after binary processing is kept consistent.

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technical field [0001] One or more embodiments of this specification relate to the field of computer technology, and in particular to a method and device for image retrieval, and a method and device for training an image representation network. Background technique [0002] Image retrieval is involved in many fields. For example, search engines provide image search functions, support users to input images for search, and return the retrieved identical or similar images to users. However, as the number of images in the retrieval database continues to increase, the amount of computation and time-consuming image retrieval increases. Existing image retrieval technologies are difficult to meet real-time requirements, resulting in affected user experience. [0003] Therefore, there is an urgent need for a solution that can effectively reduce the time delay of image retrieval, thereby improving user experience. Contents of the invention [0004] The embodiment of this specificat...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F16/583G06F16/55
CPCG06F16/583G06F16/55
Inventor 唐董琦
Owner ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECH CO LTD
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