SAM-pose2seg: Pose-Guided Human Instance Segmentation in Crowds

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08982v2
• Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:36:57 GMT
• Title: SAM-pose2seg: Pose-Guided Human Instance Segmentation in Crowds
• Authors: Constantin Kolomiiets, Miroslav Purkrabek, Jiri Matas,
• Abstract summary: We adapt Segment Anything (SAM) for pose-guided segmentation with minimal encoder modifications.<n>We incorporate pose keypoints with high visibility into the iterative correction process.<n>During inference, we simplify prompting by selecting only the three keypoints with the highest visibility.
• Score: 15.318646611581741
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Segment Anything (SAM) provides an unprecedented foundation for human segmentation, but may struggle under occlusion, where keypoints may be partially or fully invisible. We adapt SAM 2.1 for pose-guided segmentation with minimal encoder modifications, retaining its strong generalization. Using a fine-tuning strategy called PoseMaskRefine, we incorporate pose keypoints with high visibility into the iterative correction process originally employed by SAM, yielding improved robustness and accuracy across multiple datasets. During inference, we simplify prompting by selecting only the three keypoints with the highest visibility. This strategy reduces sensitivity to common errors, such as missing body parts or misclassified clothing, and allows accurate mask prediction from as few as a single keypoint. Our results demonstrate that pose-guided fine-tuning of SAM enables effective, occlusion-aware human segmentation while preserving the generalization capabilities of the original model. The code and pretrained models will be available at https://mirapurkrabek.github.io/BBox-Mask-Pose/.

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