IP Library Granted Patent US 11,907,848
Granted Patent B2
US 11,907,848 · App. 17/330,261 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Method and apparatus for training pose recognition model, and method and apparatus for image recognition

Inventors: Jingmin Luo (Shenzhen, CN); Xiaolong Zhu (Shenzhen, CN); Yitong Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Xing Ji (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
G06N3/084G06T7/74G06V10/764G06V20/647G06V40/10G06V40/103G06V40/23
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Patent No.
US 11,907,848
App. No.
17/330,261
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a method for training a pose recognition model performed at a computer device. The method includes: inputting a sample image labeled with human body key points into a feature map model included in a pose recognition model, to output a feature map of the sample image; inputting the feature map into a two-dimensional (2D) model included in the pose recognition model, to output 2D key point parameters used for representing a 2D human body pose; input a target human body feature map cropped from the feature map and the 2D key point parameter into a three-dimensional (3D) model included in the pose recognition model, to output 3D pose parameters used for representing a 3D human body pose; constructing a target loss function based on the 2D key point parameters and the 3D pose parameters; and updating the pose recognition model based on the target loss function.

Claims (77)

1. A method for training a pose recognition model, applicable to a computer device, the method comprising:

processing, by using a feature map model comprised in a pose recognition model, a sample image labeled with human body key points, to obtain a feature map of the sample image;

processing the feature map of the sample image by using a two-dimensional (2D) model comprised in the pose recognition model, to obtain 2D key point parameters used for representing a 2D human body pose;

processing, by using a three-dimensional (3D) model comprised in the pose recognition model, a target human body feature map cropped from the feature map and the 2D key point parameters, to obtain 3D pose parameters used for representing a 3D human body pose;

constructing a target loss function based on the 2D key point parameters and the 3D pose parameters; and

updating the pose recognition model based on the target loss function.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the processing, by using a feature map model comprised in a pose recognition model, a sample image labeled with human body key points, to obtain a feature map of the sample image, the method further comprises:

determining the human body key points in a key point set according to a setting; and

labeling the sample image based on the human body key points and with reference to the key point set.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the key point set comprises:

reference key points used for localization of human body parts and extension key points, which, together with the reference key points, represent a plurality of 3D poses of the parts to which the reference key points and the extension key points belong.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target loss function comprises a first loss function corresponding to the 3D model; and the constructing a target loss function based on the 2D key point parameters and the 3D pose parameters comprises:

determining corresponding 2D key point information based on the 3D pose parameters; and

constructing the first loss function based on the 2D key point parameters and the 2D key point information.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the target loss function further comprises a loss function corresponding to the 2D model and a second loss function corresponding to the 3D model; the 2D key point parameters comprise a part affinity field (PAF) parameter of the human body key points and a heatmap of the human body key points, and the 3D pose parameters comprise a shape parameter and a pose parameter of a human body; and

the constructing a target loss function based on the 2D key point parameters and the 3D pose parameters comprises:

constructing the loss function corresponding to the 2D model based on a difference between a PAF parameter outputted by the 2D model and the PAF parameter of the human body key points in the sample image and a difference between a heatmap outputted by the 2D model and the heatmap of the corresponding human body key points in the sample image; and

constructing the second loss function corresponding to the 3D model based on a difference between a shape parameter outputted by the 3D model and the shape parameter of the corresponding human body in the sample image and a difference between a pose parameter outputted by the 3D model and the pose parameter of the corresponding human body in the sample image.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the processing a target human body feature map cropped from the feature map and the 2D key point parameters by using a 3D model comprised in the pose recognition model, to obtain a 3D pose parameter used for representing a 3D human body pose, the method further comprises:

determining a target human body in the feature map based on the 2D key point parameters; and

cropping the feature map according to the target human body, to obtain the target human body feature map.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the updating a model parameter of the pose recognition model based on the target loss function comprises:

determining a value of the target loss function based on the 2D key point parameters and the 3D pose parameters;

determining an error signal of the pose recognition model based on the target loss function in a case that the value of the target loss function exceeds a preset threshold; and

back-propagating the error signal in the pose recognition model, and updating a model parameter of each layer during the propagation.

8. The method according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

processing, by using the feature map model comprised in the pose recognition model, a to-be-recognized image comprising a human body, to obtain a feature map of the to-be-recognized image;

processing the feature map of the to-be-recognized image by using the 2D model comprised in the pose recognition model, to obtain 2D key point parameters used for representing a 2D human body pose in the to-be-recognized image; and

processing, by using the 3D model comprised in the pose recognition model, a target human body feature map cropped from the feature map and the 2D key point parameters, to obtain 3D pose parameters used for representing a 3D human body pose in the to-be-recognized image.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

recognizing a 2D pose of the human body in the to-be-recognized image based on the 2D key point parameter, the to-be-recognized image being acquired based on an outputted image of a specific human pose;

performing similarity matching between the 2D pose and the specific human pose, to obtain a matching result; and

outputting prompt information used for representing the matching result.

10. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

constructing, based on the 3D pose parameter, a 3D human body model corresponding to the target human body; and

controlling the 3D human body model to perform a target action, the target action matching an action performed by the target human body.

11. A computer device, comprising:

a memory, configured to store executable instructions; and

a processor, configured to perform, when executing the executable instructions stored in the memory, a plurality of operations including:

processing, by using a feature map model comprised in a pose recognition model, a sample image labeled with human body key points, to obtain a feature map of the sample image;

processing the feature map of the sample image by using a two-dimensional (2D) model comprised in the pose recognition model, to obtain 2D key point parameters used for representing a 2D human body pose;

processing, by using a three-dimensional (3D) model comprised in the pose recognition model, a target human body feature map cropped from the feature map and the 2D key point parameters, to obtain 3D pose parameters used for representing a 3D human body pose;

constructing a target loss function based on the 2D key point parameters and the 3D pose parameters; and

updating the pose recognition model based on the target loss function.

12. The computer device according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:

before processing, by using a feature map model comprised in a pose recognition model, a sample image labeled with human body key points, to obtain a feature map of the sample image:

determining the human body key points in a key point set according to a setting; and

labeling the sample image based on the human body key points and with reference to the key point set.

13. The computer device according to claim 12 , wherein the key point set comprises:

reference key points used for localization of human body parts and extension key points, which, together with the reference key points, represent a plurality of 3D poses of the parts to which the reference key points and the extension key points belong.

14. The computer device according to claim 11 , wherein the target loss function comprises a first loss function corresponding to the 3D model; and the constructing a target loss function based on the 2D key point parameters and the 3D pose parameters comprises:

determining corresponding 2D key point information based on the 3D pose parameters; and

constructing the first loss function based on the 2D key point parameters and the 2D key point information.

15. The computer device according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:

before processing a target human body feature map cropped from the feature map and the 2D key point parameters by using a 3D model comprised in the pose recognition model, to obtain a 3D pose parameter used for representing a 3D human body pose:

determining a target human body in the feature map based on the 2D key point parameters; and

cropping the feature map according to the target human body, to obtain the target human body feature map.

16. The computer device according to claim 11 , wherein the updating a model parameter of the pose recognition model based on the target loss function comprises:

determining a value of the target loss function based on the 2D key point parameters and the 3D pose parameters;

determining an error signal of the pose recognition model based on the target loss function in a case that the value of the target loss function exceeds a preset threshold; and

back-propagating the error signal in the pose recognition model, and updating a model parameter of each layer during the propagation.

17. The computer device according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:

processing, by using the feature map model comprised in the pose recognition model, a to-be-recognized image comprising a human body, to obtain a feature map of the to-be-recognized image;

processing the feature map of the to-be-recognized image by using the 2D model comprised in the pose recognition model, to obtain 2D key point parameters used for representing a 2D human body pose in the to-be-recognized image; and

processing, by using the 3D model comprised in the pose recognition model, a target human body feature map cropped from the feature map and the 2D key point parameters, to obtain 3D pose parameters used for representing a 3D human body pose in the to-be-recognized image.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer device, cause the computer device to perform a plurality of operations including:

processing, by using a feature map model comprised in a pose recognition model, a sample image labeled with human body key points, to obtain a feature map of the sample image;

processing the feature map of the sample image by using a two-dimensional (2D) model comprised in the pose recognition model, to obtain 2D key point parameters used for representing a 2D human body pose;

processing, by using a three-dimensional (3D) model comprised in the pose recognition model, a target human body feature map cropped from the feature map and the 2D key point parameters, to obtain 3D pose parameters used for representing a 3D human body pose;

constructing a target loss function based on the 2D key point parameters and the 3D pose parameters; and

updating the pose recognition model based on the target loss function.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18 , wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:

before processing, by using a feature map model comprised in a pose recognition model, a sample image labeled with human body key points, to obtain a feature map of the sample image:

determining the human body key points in a key point set according to a setting; and

labeling the sample image based on the human body key points and with reference to the key point set.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19 , wherein the key point set comprises:

reference key points used for localization of human body parts and extension key points, which, together with the reference key points, represent a plurality of 3D poses of the parts to which the reference key points and the extension key points belong.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE FIRST ASSIGNOR'S NAME ON COVER SHEET PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 059001 FRAME: 0705. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 29, 2023
From: LUO, JINGMIN; ZHU, XIAOLONG; WANG, YITONG; JI, XING
To: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065709/0727 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: LUO, JINGMAN; ZHU, XIAOLONG; WANG, YITONG; JI, XING
To: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059001/0705 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (2)
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