Improving reliability of uncertainty-aware gaze estimation with probability calibration

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14894v1
• Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:33:55 GMT
• Title: Improving reliability of uncertainty-aware gaze estimation with probability calibration
• Authors: Qiaojie Zheng, Jiucai Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang,
• Abstract summary: Current deep learning powered appearance based uncertainty-aware gaze estimation models produce inconsistent and unreliable uncertainty estimation. We propose a workflow to improve the accuracy of uncertainty estimation using probability calibration with a few post hoc samples.
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• Abstract: Current deep learning powered appearance based uncertainty-aware gaze estimation models produce inconsistent and unreliable uncertainty estimation that limits their adoptions in downstream applications. In this study, we propose a workflow to improve the accuracy of uncertainty estimation using probability calibration with a few post hoc samples. The probability calibration process employs a simple secondary regression model to compensate for inaccuracies in estimated uncertainties from the deep learning model. Training of the secondary model is detached from the main deep learning model and thus no expensive weight tuning is required. The added calibration process is lightweight and relatively independent from the deep learning process, making it fast to run and easy to implement. We evaluated the effectiveness of the calibration process under four potential application scenarios with two datasets that have distinctive image characteristics due to the data collection setups. The calibration process is most effective when the calibration and testing data share similar characteristics. Even under suboptimal circumstances that calibration and testing data differ, the calibration process can still make corrections to reduce prediction errors in uncertainty estimates made by uncalibrated models.

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