Query-Conditioned Prototype Adaptation for Cross-Domain Few-Shot Learning: Single-Query Inference, Controlled Comparisons, and Failure Modes
This study addresses the challenge of classifier adaptation in cross-domain few-shot learning, where target-domain parameters cannot be updated. To this end, we propose the WIPT model, which introduces a novel single-query test-time prototype adaptation mechanism. By jointly transforming support set embeddings to dynamically construct prototypes, WIPT enables streaming test-time adaptation without parameter optimization under a frozen Vision Transformer encoder and prototype Transformer architecture. Controlled comparative experiments demonstrate that the proposed method significantly improves classification accuracy while substantially reducing memory consumption on the CUB and EuroSAT datasets, although performance fluctuates on ISIC. This work establishes a new paradigm for optimization-free decision-making in resource-constrained scenarios.