Uncertainty-based Visual Question Answering: Estimating Semantic Inconsistency between Image and Knowledge Base

Jinyeong Chae, Jihie Kim

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Abstract

Knowledge-based visual question answering (KVQA) task aims to answer questions that require additional external knowledge as well as an understanding of images and questions. Recent studies on KVQA inject an external knowledge in a multi-modal form, and as more knowledge is used, irrelevant information may be added and can confuse the question answering. In order to properly use the knowledge, this study proposes the following: 1) we introduce a novel semantic inconsistency measure computed from caption uncertainty and semantic similarity; 2) we suggest a new external knowledge assimilation method based on the semantic inconsistency measure and apply it to integrate explicit knowledge and implicit knowledge for KVQA; 3) the proposed method is evaluated with the OK-VQA dataset and achieves the state-of-the-art performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2022 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728186719
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2022 - Padua, Italy
Duration: 18 Jul 202223 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks
Volume2022-July

Conference

Conference2022 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2022
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityPadua
Period18/07/2223/07/22

Keywords

  • knowledge graph
  • knowledge-based visual question answering
  • semantic inconsistency
  • uncertainty

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