Optimizing CLIP Models for Image Retrieval with Maintained Joint-Embedding Alignment

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.01936v1
• Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 14:33:01 GMT
• Title: Optimizing CLIP Models for Image Retrieval with Maintained Joint-Embedding Alignment
• Authors: Konstantin Schall, Kai Uwe Barthel, Nico Hezel, Klaus Jung,
• Abstract summary: Contrastive Language and Image Pairing (CLIP) is a transformative method in multimedia retrieval. CLIP typically trains two neural networks concurrently to generate joint embeddings for text and image pairs. This paper addresses the challenge of optimizing CLIP models for various image-based similarity search scenarios.
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• Abstract: Contrastive Language and Image Pairing (CLIP), a transformative method in multimedia retrieval, typically trains two neural networks concurrently to generate joint embeddings for text and image pairs. However, when applied directly, these models often struggle to differentiate between visually distinct images that have similar captions, resulting in suboptimal performance for image-based similarity searches. This paper addresses the challenge of optimizing CLIP models for various image-based similarity search scenarios, while maintaining their effectiveness in text-based search tasks such as text-to-image retrieval and zero-shot classification. We propose and evaluate two novel methods aimed at refining the retrieval capabilities of CLIP without compromising the alignment between text and image embeddings. The first method involves a sequential fine-tuning process: initially optimizing the image encoder for more precise image retrieval and subsequently realigning the text encoder to these optimized image embeddings. The second approach integrates pseudo-captions during the retrieval-optimization phase to foster direct alignment within the embedding space. Through comprehensive experiments, we demonstrate that these methods enhance CLIP's performance on various benchmarks, including image retrieval, k-NN classification, and zero-shot text-based classification, while maintaining robustness in text-to-image retrieval. Our optimized models permit maintaining a single embedding per image, significantly simplifying the infrastructure needed for large-scale multi-modal similarity search systems.

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