Paper ID: 2304.06053

TextANIMAR: Text-based 3D Animal Fine-Grained Retrieval

Trung-Nghia Le, Tam V. Nguyen, Minh-Quan Le, Trong-Thuan Nguyen, Viet-Tham Huynh, Trong-Le Do, Khanh-Duy Le, Mai-Khiem Tran, Nhat Hoang-Xuan, Thang-Long Nguyen-Ho, Vinh-Tiep Nguyen, Tuong-Nghiem Diep, Khanh-Duy Ho, Xuan-Hieu Nguyen, Thien-Phuc Tran, Tuan-Anh Yang, Kim-Phat Tran, Nhu-Vinh Hoang, Minh-Quang Nguyen, E-Ro Nguyen, Minh-Khoi Nguyen-Nhat, Tuan-An To, Trung-Truc Huynh-Le, Nham-Tan Nguyen, Hoang-Chau Luong, Truong Hoai Phong, Nhat-Quynh Le-Pham, Huu-Phuc Pham, Trong-Vu Hoang, Quang-Binh Nguyen, Hai-Dang Nguyen, Akihiro Sugimoto, Minh-Triet Tran

3D object retrieval is an important yet challenging task that has drawn more and more attention in recent years. While existing approaches have made strides in addressing this issue, they are often limited to restricted settings such as image and sketch queries, which are often unfriendly interactions for common users. In order to overcome these limitations, this paper presents a novel SHREC challenge track focusing on text-based fine-grained retrieval of 3D animal models. Unlike previous SHREC challenge tracks, the proposed task is considerably more challenging, requiring participants to develop innovative approaches to tackle the problem of text-based retrieval. Despite the increased difficulty, we believe this task can potentially drive useful applications in practice and facilitate more intuitive interactions with 3D objects. Five groups participated in our competition, submitting a total of 114 runs. While the results obtained in our competition are satisfactory, we note that the challenges presented by this task are far from fully solved. As such, we provide insights into potential areas for future research and improvements. We believe we can help push the boundaries of 3D object retrieval and facilitate more user-friendly interactions via vision-language technologies. https://aichallenge.hcmus.edu.vn/textanimar

Submitted: Apr 12, 2023