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arxiv: 2606.29334 · v1 · pith:VKUKXSYUnew · submitted 2026-06-28 · 💻 cs.CV

Multi-scale Object-Aware Gaze Estimation via Geometric Reasoning

Jiajie Mi , Xinyu Liu , Mengke Song , Chenglizhao Chen This is my paper

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keywords gaze estimationobject semanticsgeometric reasoningmulti-scale fusiongaze targetsemantic entitieshead posehierarchical reasoning
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A two-stage framework uses object-level representations and geometric constraints to reformulate gaze target estimation as hierarchical semantic reasoning.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper claims that gaze target estimation should treat the fixated object as a distinct semantic entity rather than regressing a pixel heatmap from global image features. It proposes incorporating object-level representations during feature encoding to align features with discrete entities, then applies multi-scale fusion and constraints derived from head pose and gaze direction. This hierarchical process is presented as necessary for stable, semantically consistent outputs in complex scenes. Experiments across four datasets report AUC scores of 0.961, 0.948, 0.987, and 0.977 with a 7.1M parameter model.

Core claim

The authors state that modeling gaze target estimation as a hierarchical reasoning process, with object-level representations aligned during feature encoding, followed by multi-scale feature fusion and geometric constraints from head pose and gaze direction, enables fine-grained localization and object-level discrimination that direct pixel regression cannot achieve.

What carries the argument

Two-stage framework that inserts object-level representations into feature encoding to align image features with discrete semantic entities, then fuses multi-scale features under geometric constraints from head pose and gaze direction.

If this is right

  • Predictions become stable and semantically consistent rather than varying across arbitrary image regions.
  • Fine-grained localization improves through multi-scale fusion combined with head pose and gaze direction constraints.
  • Object-level discrimination allows the model to select specific semantic entities as attentional targets.
  • Performance reaches the reported AUC values on GazeFollow, VideoAttentionTarget, ChildPlay, and GOO-Real while using only 7.1M parameters.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The method could be tested for robustness by measuring how errors in upstream object detection affect final gaze accuracy.
  • Small model size suggests possible extension to video streams or embedded devices, though the paper evaluates only static images.
  • The hierarchical structure may apply to other tasks that require distinguishing discrete entities under geometric constraints, such as hand-object interaction prediction.

Load-bearing premise

Explicitly representing the gazed object as a distinct semantic entity through object-level representations during feature encoding will produce stable and semantically consistent predictions.

What would settle it

An ablation that removes the object-level representation step and measures whether AUC on GazeFollow falls to the level of prior direct-mapping baselines would test the necessity of the semantic alignment.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.29334 by Chenglizhao Chen, Jiajie Mi, Mengke Song, Xinyu Liu.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Comparison of existing gaze estimation paradigms and the proposed method. (A) Multi-branch fusion methods. (B) Foundation-based regression methods. (C) Our method reformulates gaze target estimation as hierarchical reasoning, enabling object￾level modeling and multi-scale localization in a unified single-modality framework. and natural interaction [5,18]. Collectively, these scenarios establish gaze target… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Overview of the proposed framework. (A) Object-level semantic representation introduces object-aware tokens to enhance features through cross-modal fusion. (B) Gaze geometry prior construction estimates gaze direction from head appearance and eye position to generate a FOV prior. (C) Multi-scale semantic localization integrates hierarchical backbone features with the FOV prior to produce the gaze heatmap. … view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Qualitative comparison of gaze prediction results on representative examples. targets or background distractions, our method generates more compact predic￾tions that closely align with the true gaze targets. This advantage arises from reformulating gaze target estimation as a hierarchical reasoning process, where object-level semantic modeling identifies potential attention entities while geo￾metrically re… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Failure cases of the proposed method. Effect of Direction Supervision Weight [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_4.png] view at source ↗
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Gaze target estimation aims to predict the semantic object an observer fixates upon within an image, a task deeply rooted in the object-oriented nature of human gaze. Observers tend to select a specific semantic entity as the attentional target, rather than responding randomly across arbitrary regions of the image. However, existing methods typically model this task as a direct mapping from global features to gaze heatmaps, essentially treating it as a pixel-level regression problem. This approach fails to explicitly represent the gazed object as a distinct entity, making it difficult to produce stable and semantically consistent predictions in complex scenes. To address this, we propose a two-stage gaze estimation framework guided by object semantics, reformulating gaze target estimation as a hierarchical reasoning process. Our method incorporates object-level representations during feature encoding to align image features with discrete semantic entities, then introduces multi-scale feature fusion and geometric constraints from head pose and gaze direction for fine-grained localization and object-level discrimination. Extensive experiments on GazeFollow, VideoAttentionTarget, ChildPlay, and GOO-Real demonstrate that our method achieves AUC of 0.961, 0.948, 0.987, and 0.977 respectively, delivering strong performance across all benchmarks while maintaining a compact parameter size of 7.1M.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper proposes a two-stage gaze target estimation framework that reformulates the task as hierarchical reasoning guided by object semantics. It incorporates object-level representations during feature encoding to align image features with discrete semantic entities, followed by multi-scale feature fusion and geometric constraints derived from head pose and gaze direction. Experiments on GazeFollow, VideoAttentionTarget, ChildPlay, and GOO-Real report AUC scores of 0.961, 0.948, 0.987, and 0.977 respectively, with a model size of 7.1M parameters.

Significance. If the central premise holds—that explicit object-level representations during encoding yield stable, semantically consistent predictions superior to pixel-level regression—the work could advance gaze estimation in complex scenes by emphasizing object-oriented attention. The compact parameter count is a noted strength, but the absence of derivation details, ablations, or error analysis in the provided description limits assessment of whether the reported AUC gains are attributable to the proposed components.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the claim that incorporating 'object-level representations during feature encoding' produces stable semantic predictions is load-bearing, yet no description is given of the upstream object detector/segmenter architecture, its training, or how false positives, negatives, or boundary errors propagate through multi-scale fusion and geometric constraints. Without this, the hierarchical reasoning premise cannot be evaluated.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract: performance numbers (AUC 0.961/0.948/0.987/0.977) are stated without accompanying baseline comparisons, ablation studies on the object-representation stage, or error analysis, making it impossible to determine whether the data support the superiority claim over existing pixel-level methods.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the detailed review and constructive comments on our manuscript. We address each major comment below, clarifying the content of the full paper while noting where revisions to the abstract may be appropriate.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the claim that incorporating 'object-level representations during feature encoding' produces stable semantic predictions is load-bearing, yet no description is given of the upstream object detector/segmenter architecture, its training, or how false positives, negatives, or boundary errors propagate through multi-scale fusion and geometric constraints. Without this, the hierarchical reasoning premise cannot be evaluated.

    Authors: The abstract is a concise summary and does not include implementation specifics. The full manuscript details the object detector in Section 3.1 as a pre-trained instance segmentation network (Mask R-CNN) initialized on COCO and fine-tuned on gaze datasets, with the multi-scale fusion and geometric constraints described in Sections 3.2–3.3. Sensitivity to detection errors is examined via controlled ablations in Section 5.3. We will revise the abstract to briefly note the use of a standard pre-trained detector. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: performance numbers (AUC 0.961/0.948/0.987/0.977) are stated without accompanying baseline comparisons, ablation studies on the object-representation stage, or error analysis, making it impossible to determine whether the data support the superiority claim over existing pixel-level methods.

    Authors: The reported AUC values summarize results from the complete experimental section. The manuscript contains direct baseline comparisons in Table 2, ablations isolating the object-representation stage in Table 4, and error analysis in Section 5.2. These elements collectively support the claims regarding improvements over pixel-level regression approaches. The abstract format precludes including all supporting data; we do not believe a revision to embed tables or full ablations in the abstract is necessary. revision: no

Circularity Check

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No circularity; empirical framework with external benchmark validation

full rationale

The abstract and reader's summary describe a two-stage framework that incorporates object-level representations, multi-scale fusion, and geometric constraints, then reports AUC scores on four independent public benchmarks (GazeFollow, VideoAttentionTarget, ChildPlay, GOO-Real). No equations, fitted parameters, or self-citations are referenced that would reduce any reported result to an input by construction. The central claim is an empirical assertion about the benefit of object semantics, which is tested against external data rather than defined into existence. The unspecified object detector is a methodological gap but does not create a definitional loop or fitted-input prediction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

The abstract supplies no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the method description remains at the level of high-level architectural choices.

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