Adapting Pre-Trained Vision-Language Models for Zero-Shot Temporal Action Localization without Training Data

Kernekoncepter

A novel test-time adaptation approach, T3AL, that adapts pre-trained Vision and Language Models to localize and recognize actions in untrimmed videos without requiring any training data.

Resumé

The paper proposes a novel method, T3AL, to address the problem of Zero-Shot Temporal Action Localization (ZS-TAL) without access to any training data.
The key insights are:

Existing ZS-TAL methods rely on fine-tuning on large annotated datasets, which can be impractical and lead to poor out-of-distribution generalization.
T3AL adapts a pre-trained Vision and Language Model (VLM) at test-time, without any training, to localize and recognize actions in untrimmed videos.
T3AL operates in three steps:

Compute a video-level pseudo-label by aggregating information from the entire video.
Perform action localization using a novel self-supervised learning procedure.
Refine the action region proposals using frame-level textual descriptions from a captioning model.

Experiments on THUMOS14 and ActivityNet-v1.3 datasets show that T3AL significantly outperforms zero-shot baselines based on state-of-the-art VLMs, demonstrating the benefits of the test-time adaptation approach.
Oracle experiments further reveal the potential of the test-time adaptation strategy to surpass current training-based ZS-TAL methods without requiring any labeled data.

Statistik

The average video representation computed by averaging the frame-level visual features can be used to identify the video-level pseudo-label. (Eq. 1, Eq. 2)
The scores of the visual frames are computed and refined by adapting the VLM at test-time using a self-supervised learning objective. (Eq. 3-10)
Frame-level textual descriptions extracted from a captioning model are used to perform text-guided region suppression. (Eq. 11)

Citater

"Zero-Shot Temporal Action Localization (ZS-TAL) seeks to identify and locate actions in untrimmed videos unseen during training."
"While model fine-tuning has the clear objective of learning video representations, which allows to effectively localize actions in the untrimmed videos, it also assumes the availability of a large annotated data collection. In certain applications, however, such datasets may be unavailable."
"Motivated by these observations, in this work we propose to investigate the problem of ZS-TAL under a novel perspective, featuring the relevant scenario where training data is inaccessible."

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Test-Time Zero-Shot Temporal Action Localization

by Benedetta Li... kl. arxiv.org 04-09-2024

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.05426.pdf

Dybere Forespørgsler

How can the proposed test-time adaptation strategy be extended to other video understanding tasks beyond action localization, such as video captioning or video question answering

The proposed test-time adaptation strategy can be extended to other video understanding tasks by leveraging the same principles of adapting a pre-trained Vision and Language Model (VLM) at inference time. For video captioning, the VLM can be adapted to generate more contextually relevant and accurate captions for videos by fine-tuning the model based on the specific video content. This adaptation can help improve the alignment between the visual and textual modalities, leading to better caption generation.
Similarly, for video question answering, the VLM can be adapted to understand the temporal context of actions in videos and provide more accurate answers to questions related to the video content. By adapting the model at test-time based on the specific video and question input, the VLM can better comprehend the nuances of the video content and generate more precise answers.
In essence, the test-time adaptation strategy can be applied to various video understanding tasks by customizing the adaptation process to suit the requirements of each specific task, thereby enhancing the model's performance and generalization capabilities.

What are the potential limitations of the current self-supervised learning objective used for adapting the VLM, and how could it be improved to better capture the temporal dynamics of actions

The current self-supervised learning objective used for adapting the VLM may have limitations in capturing the temporal dynamics of actions effectively. One potential limitation is that the current objective focuses on semantic closeness and separation of frames based on their similarity to the pseudo-label, which may not fully capture the intricate temporal relationships between actions in a video sequence.
To improve the self-supervised learning objective for better capturing the temporal dynamics of actions, one approach could be to incorporate a temporal consistency constraint. This constraint could encourage the model to learn representations that maintain temporal coherence and smooth transitions between frames, enhancing the model's understanding of the temporal structure of actions in videos.
Additionally, introducing a contrastive learning objective that considers both spatial and temporal relationships between frames could further enhance the model's ability to capture the dynamics of actions over time. By encouraging the model to learn discriminative representations that preserve both spatial and temporal information, the self-supervised learning objective can be improved to better capture the nuances of action sequences in videos.

Can the proposed approach be combined with few-shot learning techniques to further enhance the zero-shot capabilities of the model when limited labeled data becomes available

The proposed approach can be combined with few-shot learning techniques to further enhance the zero-shot capabilities of the model when limited labeled data becomes available. By incorporating few-shot learning, the model can leverage a small amount of labeled data to adapt more efficiently to new action classes or video domains, improving its generalization and performance in zero-shot scenarios.
One way to integrate few-shot learning is to use the labeled data as a form of meta-learning, where the model learns to quickly adapt to new classes or domains based on a few examples. This meta-learning process can help the model generalize better to unseen data by learning a more robust and flexible representation of actions in videos.
Additionally, techniques such as episodic training, where the model is trained on a series of episodes with a few labeled examples, can be employed to enhance the model's ability to adapt to new tasks or classes with limited labeled data. By combining the proposed test-time adaptation approach with few-shot learning techniques, the model can achieve improved zero-shot performance and adaptability in real-world video understanding tasks.