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This study introduces DA-MLCNN, a novel method for visual sentiment analysis that combines holistic and localized image features using dual attention mechanisms. The approach significantly improves emotion classification accuracy, advancing visual communication design.

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Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Visual communication design is crucial in network applications.
  • Current sentiment analysis methods overlook localized emotional cues and diverse channel features.
  • There's a need for advanced visual sentiment analysis techniques.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a dual-attention multilayer feature fusion methodology (DA-MLCNN) for enhanced visual sentiment analysis.
  • To address the limitations of existing methods in capturing nuanced emotional expressions in images.
  • To improve the semantic mining of visual features for accurate emotion classification.

Main Methods:

  • A multilayer convolutional neural network (CNN) extracts both high-level and low-level image features.
  • Spatial attention mechanism enhances low-level features, while channel attention mechanism boosts high-level features.
  • Features are fused and harmonized to create semantically rich visual representations for sentiment classification.

Main Results:

  • Achieved 79.8% accuracy on the Twitter 2017 dataset and 55.8% on the Emotion ROI dataset.
  • Attained high accuracies for specific emotions: 89% for sadness, 94% for surprise, and 91% for joy on the Emotion ROI dataset.
  • Demonstrated improved classification performance on both dichotomous and multicategorical emotion datasets.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed DA-MLCNN method effectively extracts discriminative visual features for superior sentiment analysis.
  • The approach enhances visual sentiment analysis, offering new possibilities for visual communication design.
  • The findings underscore the importance of localized features and attention mechanisms in understanding image-based emotions.