Focus on the Whole Character: Discriminative Character Modeling for Scene Text Recognition

Abstract

Predictive modeling of unannotated spatiotemporal data presents inherent challenges, primarily due to the highly entangled visual dynamics in real-world scenes. To tackle these complexities, we introduce a novel insight through Disentangling Deterministic and Probabilistic (DDP) modeling. We note a key observation in spatiotemporal data where low-level details typically remain stable, whereas high-level motion frequently exhibits dynamic variations. The core motivation involves constructing two distinct pathways in the latent space: a deterministic path and a probabilistic path. The probabilistic path begins by defining the motion flow, which explicitly describes complex many-to-many motion patterns between patches, and models its probabilistic distribution using a motion diffuser. The deterministic path incorporates a spectral-aware enhancer to retain and amplify visual details in the frequency domain. These designs ensure visual consistency while also capturing intricate long-term motion dynamics. Extensive experiments demonstrate the superiority of DDP across diverse scenario evaluations.