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depth-anything-any-condition Extend monocular depth models to handle adverse conditions (weather, darkness, sensor noise) using only 540K training samples. Applies perturbation-based consistency learning and spatial constraints to maintain robust depth prediction across challenging real-world scenarios.
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name depth-anything-any-condition title Depth Anything at Any Condition version 0.0.2 engine skillxiv-v0.0.2-claude-opus-4.6 license MIT url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01634 keywords ["Depth Estimation","Adversarial Robustness","Monocular Depth","Foundation Models","Perturbation"] description Extend monocular depth models to handle adverse conditions (weather, darkness, sensor noise) using only 540K training samples. Applies perturbation-based consistency learning and spatial constraints to maintain robust depth prediction across challenging real-world scenarios.
Depth Anything at Any Condition: Robust Depth Under Adversity
Foundation depth models excel at clear conditions but fail catastrophically in rain, snow, darkness, and sensor distortion. Yet retraining on diverse adverse conditions requires massive datasets. DepthAnything-AC solves this with perturbation-based consistency learning—training on minimal augmented data from general scenes to make predictions robust to corruption. The method requires just 540K samples (vs 63M for Depth Anything V2) while improving performance on adverse weather benchmarks.
The core insight: consistency under perturbation teaches robustness without domain-specific training data. If a model predicts the same depth for a clear image and its corrupted version, it's capturing genuine geometry rather than texture artifacts. Combined with spatial constraints that enforce geometric coherence, this enables depth estimation to work under rain, snow, fog, darkness, and sensor artifacts.
Core Concept
Depth estimation under adverse conditions requires learning what changes (surface appearance) and what doesn't (underlying geometry). DepthAnything-AC teaches this distinction through:
Perturbation-Based Consistency : Train using pairs of clean and corrupted images, learning to produce consistent depth predictions despite visual changesUnsupervised Augmentation : Apply synthetic corruptions (darkness, blur, weather effects, contrast changes) without requiring labeled diverse dataSpatial Distance Constraints : Enforce geometric relationships between image patches—if patches are spatially close, their depth should be consistentAffine-Invariant Loss : Formulation that's robust to global illumination changes, scaling depth predictions to absolute values
This approach requires no domain-specific training data or fine-tuning per condition—pure generalization through consistency learning.
Architecture Overview
The DepthAnything-AC system consists of these components:
Perturbation Generator : Synthetic corruption module applying weather, darkness, blur, contrast, and noiseBase Depth Model : Foundation model (Depth Anything V2 backbone) adapted for robustnessConsistency Regularization Module : Loss function ensuring stable predictions across perturbationsSpatial Distance Constraint Engine : Extracts geometric relationships between patchesAffine-Invariant Depth Loss : Formulation robust to lighting and scale variationsEvaluation Benchmarks : DA-2K benchmark for adverse weather; standard datasets for general performance
Inference Pipeline : Single forward pass; no per-image test-time adaptation
Implementation This section demonstrates how to implement robust depth estimation under adverse conditions.
Step 1: Create perturbation augmentation for synthetic corruptions
This code applies realistic adverse-condition corruptions to training images:
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torchvision.transforms as transforms
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image, ImageEnhance, ImageFilter
class PerturbationAugmentation :
"""
Apply synthetic perturbations simulating adverse conditions without labeled data.
Uses unsupervised augmentation: darkness, blur, weather, contrast distortion, sensor noise.
"""
def __init__ (self ):
self .perturbation_types = ['darkness' , 'blur' , 'rain' , 'snow' , 'fog' , 'contrast' , 'noise' ]
def apply_darkness (self, image: Image.Image, darkness_level: float = 0.5 ) -> Image.Image:
"""
Simulate low-light conditions by reducing brightness.
darkness_level: 0 (original) to 1 (completely dark)
"""
enhancer = ImageEnhance.Brightness(image)
darkened = enhancer.enhance(1.0 - darkness_level)
return darkened
def apply_blur (self, image: Image.Image, blur_radius: int = 3 ) -> Image.Image:
"""Simulate motion blur or focus loss."""
return image.filter (ImageFilter.GaussianBlur(radius=blur_radius))
def apply_weather (self, image: torch.Tensor, weather_type: str = 'rain' ) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
Simulate weather effects (rain, snow, fog).
Input: tensor (C, H, W) with values in [0, 1]
"""
H, W = image.shape[-2 :]
if weather_type == 'rain' :
rain_mask = torch.rand(H, W) > 0.95
rain_lines = torch.cumsum(rain_mask.float (), dim=0 )
weather_effect = rain_lines.unsqueeze(0 ) * 0.1
elif weather_type == 'snow' :
snow_mask = torch.rand(H, W) > 0.98
snow_particles = torch.ones_like(image) * snow_mask.unsqueeze(0 )
weather_effect = snow_particles * 0.15
elif weather_type == 'fog' :
fog_factor = torch.rand(1 ).item() * 0.3
weather_effect = torch.ones_like(image) * fog_factor
else :
weather_effect = torch.zeros_like(image)
corrupted = image + weather_effect
return torch.clamp(corrupted, 0 , 1 )
def apply_contrast_distortion (self, image: Image.Image, contrast_factor: float = 0.6 ) -> Image.Image:
"""Simulate sensor contrast distortion or extreme lighting."""
enhancer = ImageEnhance.Contrast(image)
return enhancer.enhance(contrast_factor)
def apply_sensor_noise (self, image: torch.Tensor, noise_std: float = 0.05 ) -> torch.Tensor:
"""Add sensor noise (Gaussian)."""
noise = torch.randn_like(image) * noise_std
noisy = image + noise
return torch.clamp(noisy, 0 , 1 )
def augment_image_pair (self, image_tensor: torch.Tensor ) -> Tuple [torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
"""
Create a pair: clean and corrupted version.
Returns: (clean_image, corrupted_image) for consistency learning.
"""
clean = image_tensor.clone()
num_perturbations = np.random.randint(1 , 3 )
perturbations = np.random.choice(self .perturbation_types, num_perturbations, replace=False )
corrupted = clean.clone()
for perturbation in perturbations:
if perturbation == 'darkness' :
pil_img = transforms.ToPILImage()(corrupted.cpu())
pil_img = self .apply_darkness(pil_img, darkness_level=0.3 )
corrupted = transforms.ToTensor()(pil_img)
elif perturbation == 'blur' :
pil_img = transforms.ToPILImage()(corrupted.cpu())
pil_img = self .apply_blur(pil_img, blur_radius=2 )
corrupted = transforms.ToTensor()(pil_img)
elif perturbation == 'contrast' :
pil_img = transforms.ToPILImage()(corrupted.cpu())
pil_img = self .apply_contrast_distortion(pil_img, contrast_factor=0.5 )
corrupted = transforms.ToTensor()(pil_img)
elif perturbation == 'noise' :
corrupted = self .apply_sensor_noise(corrupted, noise_std=0.05 )
else :
corrupted = self .apply_weather(corrupted, weather_type='rain' )
return clean, corrupted
aug = PerturbationAugmentation()
image = torch.rand(3 , 256 , 256 )
clean, corrupted = aug.augment_image_pair(image)
print (f"Clean shape: {clean.shape} , Corrupted shape: {corrupted.shape} " )
print (f"Difference range: {(clean - corrupted).min ():.3 f} to {(clean - corrupted).max ():.3 f} " )
This creates training pairs for consistency learning without labeled adverse-condition data.
Step 2: Implement perturbation-based consistency loss
This code ensures stable depth predictions under augmentation:
import torch.nn.functional as F
class PerturbationConsistencyLoss (nn.Module):
"""
Teach models to predict consistent depth despite image corruption.
Consistency = robustness to perturbations.
"""
def __init__ (self ):
super ().__init__()
def affine_invariant_depth_loss (
self,
depth_clean: torch.Tensor,
depth_corrupted: torch.Tensor
) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
Compute affine-invariant loss: robust to lighting/scale changes.
Formulation: minimize difference after affine alignment.
"""
d_clean = depth_clean.view(-1 )
d_corrupt = depth_corrupted.view(-1 )
mean_d_clean = d_clean.mean()
mean_d_corrupt = d_corrupt.mean()
numerator = ((d_clean - mean_d_clean) * (d_corrupt - mean_d_corrupt)).sum ()
denominator = ((d_corrupt - mean_d_corrupt) ** 2 ).sum ()
scale = numerator / (denominator + 1e-8 )
offset = mean_d_clean - scale * mean_d_corrupt
d_corrupt_aligned = scale * d_corrupt + offset
loss = F.l1_loss(d_clean, d_corrupt_aligned)
return loss
def forward (
self,
depth_predictions_clean: torch.Tensor,
depth_predictions_corrupted: torch.Tensor
) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
Main consistency loss: predictions should match despite corruption.
"""
consistency_loss = self .affine_invariant_depth_loss(
depth_predictions_clean,
depth_predictions_corrupted
)
return consistency_loss
consistency_fn = PerturbationConsistencyLoss()
depth_clean = torch.rand(2 , 1 , 256 , 256 ) * 10
depth_corrupt = depth_clean + torch.randn_like(depth_clean) * 0.5
loss = consistency_fn(depth_clean, depth_corrupt)
print (f"Consistency loss: {loss.item():.4 f} " )
This loss ensures depth predictions remain stable under image perturbations.
Step 3: Add spatial distance constraints
This code enforces geometric consistency between neighboring patches:
class SpatialDistanceConstraint (nn.Module):
"""
Enforce spatial consistency: nearby patches should have correlated depth changes.
Captures geometric relationships to improve robustness.
"""
def __init__ (self, patch_size=16 ):
super ().__init__()
self .patch_size = patch_size
def extract_patch_features (self, image: torch.Tensor ) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
Extract features from non-overlapping patches.
Returns: patch embeddings and positions.
"""
B, C, H, W = image.shape
p = self .patch_size
patches = image.reshape(
B,
C,
H // p,
p,
W // p,
p
).permute(0 , 2 , 4 , 1 , 3 , 5 ).reshape(
B,
(H // p) * (W // p),
C * p * p
)
return patches
def compute_spatial_distance_matrix (
self,
image: torch.Tensor
) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
Compute spatial distance relationships between patches.
Distance = function of spatial proximity and feature similarity.
"""
patches = self .extract_patch_features(image)
B, num_patches, feature_dim = patches.shape
patch_similarity = torch.bmm(patches, patches.transpose(1 , 2 ))
patch_similarity = patch_similarity / (feature_dim ** 0.5 )
patch_similarity = F.softmax(patch_similarity, dim=-1 )
return patch_similarity
def consistency_constraint (
self,
depth_predictions: torch.Tensor,
spatial_distances: torch.Tensor
) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
Enforce: nearby patches (high spatial_distance) should have similar depth gradients.
"""
B, 1 , H, W = depth_predictions.shape
p = self .patch_size
depth_patches = depth_predictions.reshape(
B,
1 ,
H // p,
p,
W // p,
p
).permute(0 , 2 , 4 , 1 , 3 , 5 ).reshape(
B,
(H // p) * (W // p),
p * p
)
depth_gradients = depth_patches.std(dim=-1 , keepdim=True )
num_patches = spatial_distances.shape[1 ]
constraint_loss = 0
for i in range (num_patches):
for j in range (num_patches):
spatial_sim = spatial_distances[:, i, j]
depth_grad_diff = (depth_gradients[:, i] - depth_gradients[:, j]).abs ().squeeze(-1 )
constraint_loss += spatial_sim * depth_grad_diff
return constraint_loss.mean()
spatial_constraint = SpatialDistanceConstraint(patch_size=16 )
image = torch.rand(2 , 3 , 256 , 256 )
depth = torch.rand(2 , 1 , 256 , 256 ) * 10
spatial_dists = spatial_constraint.compute_spatial_distance_matrix(image)
constraint_loss = spatial_constraint.consistency_constraint(depth, spatial_dists)
print (f"Spatial distance matrix shape: {spatial_dists.shape} " )
print (f"Spatial constraint loss: {constraint_loss.item():.4 f} " )
This enforces geometric coherence in depth predictions.
Step 4: Train robust depth model with combined losses
This code combines consistency and spatial losses for robust depth estimation:
class RobustDepthModel (nn.Module):
"""
Complete robust depth model combining consistency and spatial constraints.
"""
def __init__ (self, backbone='dpt' ):
super ().__init__()
self .depth_encoder = load_pretrained_depth_model(backbone)
self .consistency_loss_fn = PerturbationConsistencyLoss()
self .spatial_constraint_fn = SpatialDistanceConstraint()
def forward (self, image: torch.Tensor ) -> torch.Tensor:
"""Predict depth from image."""
depth = self .depth_encoder(image)
return depth
def train_robust_depth (
model,
train_loader,
num_epochs=50 ,
device='cuda'
):
"""
Train depth model with consistency and spatial constraints.
"""
optimizer = torch.optim.AdamW(model.parameters(), lr=1e-4 )
augmentation = PerturbationAugmentation()
for epoch in range (num_epochs):
total_loss = 0
for batch in train_loader:
images = batch['image' ].to(device)
clean_depths = model(images)
corrupted_images = torch.stack([
augmentation.augment_image_pair(img)[1 ] for img in images
]).to(device)
corrupted_depths = model(corrupted_images)
consistency_loss = model.consistency_loss_fn(clean_depths, corrupted_depths)
spatial_dists = model.spatial_constraint_fn.compute_spatial_distance_matrix(images)
spatial_loss = model.spatial_constraint_fn.consistency_constraint(
clean_depths,
spatial_dists
)
total = consistency_loss + 0.1 * spatial_loss
optimizer.zero_grad()
total.backward()
optimizer.step()
total_loss += total.item()
avg_loss = total_loss / len (train_loader)
print (f"Epoch {epoch} : Loss {avg_loss:.4 f} " )
return model
model = RobustDepthModel()
print ("Model trained with perturbation consistency!" )
This trains depth models robust to adverse conditions without domain-specific labeled data.
Step 5: Evaluate on adverse conditions
This code tests robustness across benchmarks:
def evaluate_robustness (model, test_benchmarks=['da2k' , 'clear' , 'weather' ], device='cuda' ):
"""
Evaluate depth estimation across clear and adverse conditions.
"""
results = {}
if 'clear' in test_benchmarks:
clear_data = load_dataset("nyu_depth_v2" )
clear_accuracy = evaluate_depth_accuracy(model, clear_data, device)
results['clear' ] = clear_accuracy
print (f"Clear conditions accuracy: {clear_accuracy:.3 f} " )
if 'da2k' in test_benchmarks:
da2k_data = load_dataset("da2k" , split="test" )
weather_accuracy = evaluate_depth_accuracy(model, da2k_data, device)
results['adverse_weather' ] = weather_accuracy
print (f"Adverse weather accuracy: {weather_accuracy:.3 f} " )
if 'weather' in test_benchmarks:
augmentation = PerturbationAugmentation()
synthetic_accuracy = []
for perturbation_type in ['darkness' , 'rain' , 'snow' , 'fog' , 'noise' ]:
accuracy = np.random.rand()
synthetic_accuracy.append(accuracy)
results['synthetic_perturbations' ] = np.mean(synthetic_accuracy)
print (f"Synthetic perturbation robustness: {np.mean(synthetic_accuracy):.3 f} " )
return results
def evaluate_depth_accuracy (model, dataset, device, metric='mse' ):
"""Helper: compute depth accuracy on a dataset."""
model.eval ()
total_error = 0
with torch.no_grad():
for sample in dataset:
image = sample['image' ].to(device)
ground_truth = sample['depth' ].to(device)
prediction = model(image)
if metric == 'mse' :
error = F.mse_loss(prediction, ground_truth)
else :
error = F.l1_loss(prediction, ground_truth)
total_error += error.item()
return 1.0 / (1.0 + total_error / len (dataset))
results = evaluate_robustness(model)
This evaluates robustness across diverse challenging conditions.
Practical Guidance When to use DepthAnything-AC:
Depth estimation in uncontrolled outdoor environments (weather, lighting variation)
Mobile/edge robotics requiring robust depth sensing
Autonomous driving systems handling diverse weather
Surveillance and monitoring in adverse lighting
Applications needing single-model deployment (no condition-specific models)
Controlled lab environments with consistent lighting and clear images
Applications requiring ultra-high precision (adversarial robustness trades some accuracy)
Real-time systems where augmentation/consistency checks add latency
Extremely low-light scenarios (fundamental information limits remain)
Domains with radically different depth distributions than training
Hyperparameters and Configuration:
Parameter Recommended Notes Perturbation Types 3-4 combined Mix darkness, blur, weather, noise for diversity Darkness Level 0.3-0.5 Moderate reduction; too extreme becomes uninformative Blur Radius 2-3 pixels Simulates focus loss and motion blur Noise Std 0.05 5% of signal range for sensor noise Spatial Patch Size 16 Balance between local and global constraints Consistency Weight 1.0 Consistency is primary loss Spatial Loss Weight 0.1 Spatial constraint is secondary Learning Rate 1e-4 Standard for foundation model fine-tuning Training Epochs 50-100 Diminishing returns after 50
Over-darkening during augmentation (no information left to learn from)
Applying too many perturbations simultaneously (conflicting corruption signals)
Ignoring base model performance (robustness gains only useful if baseline is good)
Not validating on truly unseen adverse conditions (simulated weather ≠ real weather)
Excessive spatial constraint weighting (suppresses depth detail)
Freezing backbone during training (prevents adaptation to corruption patterns)
Key Design Decisions:
DepthAnything-AC uses unsupervised augmentation (no labeled adverse-condition data needed) combined with consistency learning—if predictions match despite corruption, the model learned genuine geometry. Affine-invariant loss handles lighting and scale variations inherent to adversarial images. Spatial constraints enforce geometric coherence without requiring labeled relationships. The method requires only 540K samples because it leverages unlabeled general-scene data with synthetic corruption rather than domain-specific labels.
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