Tokenize Image as a Set

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.16425v1
• Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:59:51 GMT
• Title: Tokenize Image as a Set
• Authors: Zigang Geng, Mengde Xu, Han Hu, Shuyang Gu,
• Abstract summary: We introduce an unordered token set representation to dynamically allocate coding capacity based on regional semantic complexity.<n>To address the challenge of modeling discrete sets, we devise a dual transformation mechanism that transforms sets into fixed-length integer sequences.<n>Experiments demonstrate our method's superiority in semantic-aware representation and generation quality.
• Score: 17.142970970610616
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: This paper proposes a fundamentally new paradigm for image generation through set-based tokenization and distribution modeling. Unlike conventional methods that serialize images into fixed-position latent codes with a uniform compression ratio, we introduce an unordered token set representation to dynamically allocate coding capacity based on regional semantic complexity. This TokenSet enhances global context aggregation and improves robustness against local perturbations. To address the critical challenge of modeling discrete sets, we devise a dual transformation mechanism that bijectively converts sets into fixed-length integer sequences with summation constraints. Further, we propose Fixed-Sum Discrete Diffusion--the first framework to simultaneously handle discrete values, fixed sequence length, and summation invariance--enabling effective set distribution modeling. Experiments demonstrate our method's superiority in semantic-aware representation and generation quality. Our innovations, spanning novel representation and modeling strategies, advance visual generation beyond traditional sequential token paradigms. Our code and models are publicly available at https://github.com/Gengzigang/TokenSet.

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