From Ideal to Real: Stable Video Object Removal under Imperfect Conditions

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• Stable Video Object Removal (SVOR) is a robust framework designed to handle real-world imperfections in video object removal, including shadows, abrupt motion, and defective masks.method 95%
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  Removing objects from videos remains difficult in the presence of real-world imperfections such as shadows, abrupt motion, and defective masks. Existing diffusion-based video inpainting models often struggle to maintain temporal stability and visual consistency under these challenges. We propose Stable Video Object Removal (SVOR), a robust framework that achieves shadow-free, flicker-free, and mask-defect-tolerant removal through three key designs

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• Mask Union for Stable Erasure (MUSE) is a windowed union strategy used during temporal mask downsampling to preserve target regions and handle abrupt motion, reducing missed removals.method 95%
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  Mask Union for Stable Erasure (MUSE), a windowed union strategy applied during temporal mask downsampling to preserve all target regions observed within each window, effectively handling abrupt motion and reducing missed removals

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  This claim describes a specific component of the proposed framework and its intended function, as detailed in the abstract.

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• Denoising-Aware Segmentation (DA-Seg) is a lightweight segmentation head on a decoupled side branch that provides an internal diffusion-aware localization prior without impacting content generation.method 95%
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  Denoising-Aware Segmentation (DA-Seg), a lightweight segmentation head on a decoupled side branch equipped with Denoising-Aware AdaLN and trained with mask degradation to provide an internal diffusion-aware localization prior without affecting content generation

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  This claim describes another key component of the SVOR framework and its technical contribution, as explained in the abstract.

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• The proposed Curriculum Two-Stage Training involves self-supervised pretraining on unpaired real-background videos followed by refinement on synthetic pairs with mask degradation and side-effect-weighted losses.method 95%
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  Curriculum Two-Stage Training: where Stage I performs self-supervised pretraining on unpaired real-background videos with online random masks to learn realistic background and temporal priors, and Stage II refines on synthetic pairs using mask degradation and side-effect-weighted losses

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  This claim outlines the training methodology of the SVOR framework, detailing its two distinct stages and their respective approaches.

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• SVOR achieves new state-of-the-art results across multiple datasets and degraded-mask benchmarks.result 95%
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  Extensive experiments show that SVOR attains new state-of-the-art results across multiple datasets and degraded-mask benchmarks

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  This claim is a direct assertion of the model's performance superiority, supported by experimental results mentioned in the abstract.

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• SVOR improves cross-domain robustness by jointly removing objects and their associated shadows/reflections.result 90%
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  jointly removing objects and their associated shadows/reflections while improving cross-domain robustness

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  This claim highlights a specific benefit of the training strategy and its impact on the model's robustness, as stated in the abstract.

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• Existing diffusion-based video inpainting models struggle with temporal stability and visual consistency under real-world imperfections.limitation 90%
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  Existing diffusion-based video inpainting models often struggle to maintain temporal stability and visual consistency under these challenges.

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  This claim establishes the problem that SVOR aims to solve by highlighting the limitations of prior methods, as stated in the abstract.

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Competitive landscape

SVOR is a robust framework for removing objects from videos while maintaining visual consistency under real-world imperfections.