Generalized few-shot semantic segmentation via contrastive learning and orthogonal decoupling
摘要
Conventional few-shot segmentation techniques are constrained by foreground-background binary paradigms, failing to effectively exploit prior knowledge from base classes. While existing generalized few-shot semantic segmentation (GFSS) methods enable cross-category joint segmentation, they suffer performance degradation due to neglected latent semantic correlations between base and novel classes. Therefore, we propose a Contrastive Learning and Orthogonal Decoupling-based GFSS model (CLOD-GFSS) featuring a two-phase training strategy to balance base-class classification and novel-class generalization. Our hierarchical context-aware architecture integrates global semantics with local details through a multi-scale anchor representation system, dynamically optimizing intra-class compactness and inter-class separation via contrastive learning objectives. The hyperspherical orthogonal decoupling mechanism constrains feature space geometry to mitigate base-class feature drift while enhancing discriminative ability for novel classes. Experimental results on