Curiosity-Driven Camouflaged Object Segmentation
Camouflaged object segmentation refers to the task of accurately extracting objects that are seamlessly integrated within their surrounding environment. Existing deep-learning methods frequently encounter challenges in accurately segmenting camouflaged objects, particularly in capturing their comple...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2024-12-01
|
| Series: | Applied Sciences |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/1/173 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850117193571762176 |
|---|---|
| author | Mengyin Pang Meijun Sun Zheng Wang |
| author_facet | Mengyin Pang Meijun Sun Zheng Wang |
| author_sort | Mengyin Pang |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Camouflaged object segmentation refers to the task of accurately extracting objects that are seamlessly integrated within their surrounding environment. Existing deep-learning methods frequently encounter challenges in accurately segmenting camouflaged objects, particularly in capturing their complete and intricate details. To this end, we propose a novel method based on the Curiosity-Driven network, which is motivated by the innate human tendency for curiosity when encountering ambiguous regions and the subsequent drive to explore and observe objects’ details. Specifically, the proposed fusion bridge module aims to exploit the model’s inherent curiosity to fuse these features extracted by the dual-branch feature encoder to capture the complete details of the object. Then, drawing inspiration from curiosity, the curiosity-refinement module is proposed to progressively refine the initial predictions by exploring unknown regions within the object’s surrounding environment. Notably, we develop a novel curiosity-calculation operation to discover and remove curiosity, leading to accurate segmentation results. Extensive quantitative and qualitative experiments demonstrate that the proposed model significantly outperforms the existing competitors on three challenging benchmark datasets. Compared with the recently proposed state-of-the-art method, our model achieves performance gains of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.80</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> on average for <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>S</mi><mi>α</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>. Moreover, our model can be extended to the polyp and industrial defects segmentation tasks, validating its robustness and effectiveness. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-c7bbe3ccf379433781efdfe11aa354c9 |
| institution | OA Journals |
| issn | 2076-3417 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2024-12-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Applied Sciences |
| spelling | doaj-art-c7bbe3ccf379433781efdfe11aa354c92025-08-20T02:36:08ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-12-0115117310.3390/app15010173Curiosity-Driven Camouflaged Object SegmentationMengyin Pang0Meijun Sun1Zheng Wang2College of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaCollege of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaCollege of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaCamouflaged object segmentation refers to the task of accurately extracting objects that are seamlessly integrated within their surrounding environment. Existing deep-learning methods frequently encounter challenges in accurately segmenting camouflaged objects, particularly in capturing their complete and intricate details. To this end, we propose a novel method based on the Curiosity-Driven network, which is motivated by the innate human tendency for curiosity when encountering ambiguous regions and the subsequent drive to explore and observe objects’ details. Specifically, the proposed fusion bridge module aims to exploit the model’s inherent curiosity to fuse these features extracted by the dual-branch feature encoder to capture the complete details of the object. Then, drawing inspiration from curiosity, the curiosity-refinement module is proposed to progressively refine the initial predictions by exploring unknown regions within the object’s surrounding environment. Notably, we develop a novel curiosity-calculation operation to discover and remove curiosity, leading to accurate segmentation results. Extensive quantitative and qualitative experiments demonstrate that the proposed model significantly outperforms the existing competitors on three challenging benchmark datasets. Compared with the recently proposed state-of-the-art method, our model achieves performance gains of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.80</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> on average for <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>S</mi><mi>α</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>. Moreover, our model can be extended to the polyp and industrial defects segmentation tasks, validating its robustness and effectiveness.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/1/173deep-learningcamouflaged object segmentationcuriosity-driven |
| spellingShingle | Mengyin Pang Meijun Sun Zheng Wang Curiosity-Driven Camouflaged Object Segmentation Applied Sciences deep-learning camouflaged object segmentation curiosity-driven |
| title | Curiosity-Driven Camouflaged Object Segmentation |
| title_full | Curiosity-Driven Camouflaged Object Segmentation |
| title_fullStr | Curiosity-Driven Camouflaged Object Segmentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Curiosity-Driven Camouflaged Object Segmentation |
| title_short | Curiosity-Driven Camouflaged Object Segmentation |
| title_sort | curiosity driven camouflaged object segmentation |
| topic | deep-learning camouflaged object segmentation curiosity-driven |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/1/173 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mengyinpang curiositydrivencamouflagedobjectsegmentation AT meijunsun curiositydrivencamouflagedobjectsegmentation AT zhengwang curiositydrivencamouflagedobjectsegmentation |