RWKV-UI: UI Understanding with Enhanced Perception and Reasoning
On the map: LLM reasoning → Multimodal reasoning
Abstract (arXiv)
Existing Visual Language Modelsoften struggle with information loss and limited reasoning abilities when handling high-resolution web interfaces that combine complex visual, textual, and interactive elements. These challenges are particularly evident in tasks requiring webpage layout comprehension and multi-step interactive reasoning. To address these challenges, we propose RWKV-UI, a Visual Language Model based on the RWKV architecture, specifically designed to handle high-resolution UI images. During model training, we introduce layout detection as a visual prompt to help the model better understand the webpage layout structures. Additionally, we design a visual prompt based on the Chain-of-Thought(CoT) mechanism, which enhances the model's ability to understand and reason about webpage content through reasoning chains. Experimental results show that RWKV-UI demonstrates significant performance improvements in high-resolution UI understanding and interactive reasoning tasks.
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