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Semantic-Preserving Image Coding based on Conditional Diffusion Models

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arxiv 2310.15737 v2 pith:KNJWYGM5 submitted 2023-10-24 cs.IT math.IT

classification cs.ITmath.IT
keywords imagecodingsemanticdiffusionmodelsspiccommunicationconditional
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Semantic communication, rather than on a bit-by-bit recovery of the transmitted messages, focuses on the meaning and the goal of the communication itself. In this paper, we propose a novel semantic image coding scheme that preserves the semantic content of an image, while ensuring a good trade-off between coding rate and image quality. The proposed Semantic-Preserving Image Coding based on Conditional Diffusion Models (SPIC) transmitter encodes a Semantic Segmentation Map (SSM) and a low-resolution version of the image to be transmitted. The receiver then reconstructs a high-resolution image using a Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DDPM) doubly conditioned to the SSM and the low-resolution image. As shown by the numerical examples, compared to state-of-the-art (SOTA) approaches, the proposed SPIC exhibits a better balance between the conventional rate-distortion trade-off and the preservation of semantically-relevant features. Code available at https://github.com/frapez1/SPIC

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