Frequency Autoregressive Image Generation with Continuous Tokens
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05305v1
- Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:34:04 GMT
- Title: Frequency Autoregressive Image Generation with Continuous Tokens
- Authors: Hu Yu, Hao Luo, Hangjie Yuan, Yu Rong, Feng Zhao,
- Abstract summary: We introduce the frequency progressive autoregressive (textbfFAR) paradigm and instantiate FAR with the continuous tokenizer.<n>We demonstrate the efficacy of FAR through comprehensive experiments on the ImageNet dataset.
- Score: 31.833852108014312
- License: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Abstract: Autoregressive (AR) models for image generation typically adopt a two-stage paradigm of vector quantization and raster-scan ``next-token prediction", inspired by its great success in language modeling. However, due to the huge modality gap, image autoregressive models may require a systematic reevaluation from two perspectives: tokenizer format and regression direction. In this paper, we introduce the frequency progressive autoregressive (\textbf{FAR}) paradigm and instantiate FAR with the continuous tokenizer. Specifically, we identify spectral dependency as the desirable regression direction for FAR, wherein higher-frequency components build upon the lower one to progressively construct a complete image. This design seamlessly fits the causality requirement for autoregressive models and preserves the unique spatial locality of image data. Besides, we delve into the integration of FAR and the continuous tokenizer, introducing a series of techniques to address optimization challenges and improve the efficiency of training and inference processes. We demonstrate the efficacy of FAR through comprehensive experiments on the ImageNet dataset and verify its potential on text-to-image generation.
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