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SPatchGAN: A Statistical Feature Based Discriminator for Unsupervised Image-to-Image Translation

arXiv 2103.16219 ↗First posted 30 Mar 2021cs.CV cs.AI cs.LGcited by 17

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Abstract (arXiv)

For unsupervised image-to-image translation, we propose a discriminator architecture which focuses on the statistical features instead of individual patches. The network is stabilized by distribution matching of key statistical features at multiple scales. Unlike the existing methods which impose more and more constraints on the generator, our method facilitates the shape deformation and enhances the fine details with a greatly simplified framework. We show that the proposed method outperforms the existing state-of-the-art models in various challenging applications including selfie-to-anime, male-to-female and glasses removal.

Key facts. Cited by 17 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Builds on 31 of its 36 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 30 Mar 2021.

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