Classification Matters: Improving Video Action Detection with Class-Specific Attention

Video action detection (VAD) aims to detect actors and classify their actions in a video. We figure that VAD suffers more from classification rather than localization of actors. Hence, we analyze how prevailing methods form features for classification and find that they prioritize actor regions, yet...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Lee, Jinsung, Kim, Taeoh, Lee, Inwoong, Shim, Minho, Wee, Dongyoon, Cho, Minsu, Kwak, Suha
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 11.09.2024
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Classification
Video data
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Summary:Video action detection (VAD) aims to detect actors and classify their actions in a video. We figure that VAD suffers more from classification rather than localization of actors. Hence, we analyze how prevailing methods form features for classification and find that they prioritize actor regions, yet often overlooking the essential contextual information necessary for accurate classification. Accordingly, we propose to reduce the bias toward actor and encourage paying attention to the context that is relevant to each action class. By assigning a class-dedicated query to each action class, our model can dynamically determine where to focus for effective classification. The proposed model demonstrates superior performance on three challenging benchmarks with significantly fewer parameters and less computation.
ISSN:2331-8422