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App. Res. of Comp. Accepted Paper
Vol. 42, 2025 No. 11

Multi-stage cross-domain image retrieval method based on hand-drawn sketches

Wang Zhixian1
Lei Haopeng1
Wang Mingwen1
Luo Guoliang2
Fu Yirui1
1. School of Computer & Information Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
2. Institute of Virtual Reality & Interactive Technology, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China
DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.12.0538

Abstract

To address the challenges in sketch-based image retrieval tasks, where the lack of texture and color details in sketches makes cross-modal feature alignment difficult, and where information loss during cross-domain transformation affects retrieval accuracy, this paper proposed a multi-stage cross-domain image retrieval method based on hand-drawn sketches(MSCD) . The method is divided into three stages. First, the method used a generative model to transform hand-drawn sketches into natural images, supplementing visual detail features and reducing the stylistic differences between sketches and natural images. Second, the method designed a multi-branch feature extraction network to comprehensively capture structural and semantic information from sketches, generated images, and real natural images. Finally, a similarity-weighted fusion strategy was used to integrate the complementary information from sketches and generated images, enhancing the accuracy and diversity of the final retrieval results. Extensive experiments on two public datasets, Sketchy Ext and TU-Berlin Ext, demonstrate that MSCD achieves significant improvements in mAP and Prec@100 over existing advanced methods, validating the effectiveness of MSCD in sketch retrieval tasks.

Foundation Support

江西省自然科学基金面上项目(20224BAB202018)
国家自然科学基金项目(62266023,62462032)
江西省重点研发计划项目(20223BBE51039,20232BBE50020)
江西省杰出青年科学基金项目(20232ACB212007)

Publish Information

DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.12.0538
Publish at: Application Research of Computers Accepted Paper, Vol. 42, 2025 No. 11

Publish History

[2025-07-04] Accepted Paper

Cite This Article

王智贤, 雷浩鹏, 王明文, 等. 一种面向手绘草图的多阶段跨域图像检索方法 [J]. 计算机应用研究, 2025, 42 (11). (2025-07-08). https://doi.org/10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.12.0538. (Wang Zhixian, Lei Haopeng, Wang Mingwen, et al. Multi-stage cross-domain image retrieval method based on hand-drawn sketches [J]. Application Research of Computers, 2025, 42 (11). (2025-07-08). https://doi.org/10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.12.0538. )

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