Zero-Shot Composed Image Retrieval (ZS-CIR)

Given a query composed of a reference image and a relative caption, Composed Image Retrieval (CIR) aims to retrieve target images that are visually similar to the reference one but incorporate the changes specified in the relative caption. The bi-modality of the query provides users with more precise control over the characteristics of the desired image, as some features are more easily described with language, while others can be better expressed visually.

Zero-Shot Composed Image Retrieval (ZS-CIR) is a subtask of CIR that aims to design an approach that manages to combine the reference image and the relative caption without the need for supervised learning.