Information: Join today and make your research activities more affordable! Technical workshop participation fees and annual registration fees are available at member rates.
Notice: [Important] Announcement of Changes to Registration Fee Payment and Manuscript Upload Procedures for IEICE Technical Meetings
IEICE Technical Committee Submission System
Conference Paper's Information		 Online Proceedings
[Sign in]
Tech. Rep. Archives
 Go Top Page Go Previous   [Japanese] / [English] 

Paper Abstract and Keywords
Presentation 2025-03-11 17:45
Exploring the Impact of Program Flowchart Images on Code Generation Using GPT-4o
Yuki Toi, Kazushi Tomoto, Masanari Kondo (Kyushu Univ), Naoyasu Ubayashi (Waseda Univ), Yasutaka Kamei (Kyushu Univ) SS2024-71
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) In recent years, Large Language Models (LLMs) have advanced significantly, leading to the emergence of multimodal LLMs capable of processing inputs such as images and audio. Previous research has shown that providing both text and images to multimodal LLMs improves the performance of automatic code generation. Additionally, in software development, diagrams such as flowcharts are often created for purposes such as code comprehension. While studies have explored the impact of images on LLMs and the use of diagrams in development environments, the effect of flowchart images on the performance of multimodal LLMs remains insufficiently investigated. In this study, we generated flowchart images from example solution codes for AtCoder problems and provided them to GPT-4o along with the problem statements to examine the impact of flowchart images. The results showed that incorporating flowchart images alongside problem statements improved performance by up to 19.1%. Furthermore, when providing abstracted flowcharts, a trend was observed where performance improved as the level of detail in the flowcharts decreased.
Keyword (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Large Language Model / Multimodal / Automatic Code Generation / GPT-4o / Flowchart / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 124, no. 429, SS2024-71, pp. 164-169, March 2025.
Paper # SS2024-71 
Date of Issue 2025-03-03 (SS) 
ISSN Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
Copyright
and
reproduction		 All rights are reserved and no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Notwithstanding, instructors are permitted to photocopy isolated articles for noncommercial classroom use without fee. (License No.: 10GA0019/12GB0052/13GB0056/17GB0034/18GB0034)
Download PDF SS2024-71

Conference Information
Committee SS  
Conference Date 2025-03-10 - 2025-03-12 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English)  
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English)  
Paper Information
Registration To SS 
Conference Code 2025-03-SS 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Sub Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Title (in English) Exploring the Impact of Program Flowchart Images on Code Generation Using GPT-4o 
Sub Title (in English)  
Keyword(1) Large Language Model  
Keyword(2) Multimodal  
Keyword(3) Automatic Code Generation  
Keyword(4) GPT-4o  
Keyword(5) Flowchart  
Keyword(6)  
Keyword(7)  
Keyword(8)  
1st Author's Name Yuki Toi  
1st Author's Affiliation Kyushu University (Kyushu Univ)
2nd Author's Name Kazushi Tomoto  
2nd Author's Affiliation Kyushu University (Kyushu Univ)
3rd Author's Name Masanari Kondo  
3rd Author's Affiliation Kyushu University (Kyushu Univ)
4th Author's Name Naoyasu Ubayashi  
4th Author's Affiliation Waseda University (Waseda Univ)
5th Author's Name Yasutaka Kamei  
5th Author's Affiliation Kyushu University (Kyushu Univ)
6th Author's Name  
6th Author's Affiliation ()
7th Author's Name  
7th Author's Affiliation ()
8th Author's Name  
8th Author's Affiliation ()
9th Author's Name  
9th Author's Affiliation ()
10th Author's Name  
10th Author's Affiliation ()
11th Author's Name  
11th Author's Affiliation ()
12th Author's Name  
12th Author's Affiliation ()
13th Author's Name  
13th Author's Affiliation ()
14th Author's Name  
14th Author's Affiliation ()
15th Author's Name  
15th Author's Affiliation ()
16th Author's Name  
16th Author's Affiliation ()
17th Author's Name  
17th Author's Affiliation ()
18th Author's Name  
18th Author's Affiliation ()
19th Author's Name  
19th Author's Affiliation ()
20th Author's Name  
20th Author's Affiliation ()
21st Author's Name  
21st Author's Affiliation ()
22nd Author's Name  
22nd Author's Affiliation ()
23rd Author's Name  
23rd Author's Affiliation ()
24th Author's Name  
24th Author's Affiliation ()
25th Author's Name  
25th Author's Affiliation ()
26th Author's Name / /
26th Author's Affiliation ()
()
27th Author's Name / /
27th Author's Affiliation ()
()
28th Author's Name / /
28th Author's Affiliation ()
()
29th Author's Name / /
29th Author's Affiliation ()
()
30th Author's Name / /
30th Author's Affiliation ()
()
31st Author's Name / /
31st Author's Affiliation ()
()
32nd Author's Name / /
32nd Author's Affiliation ()
()
33rd Author's Name / /
33rd Author's Affiliation ()
()
34th Author's Name / /
34th Author's Affiliation ()
()
35th Author's Name / /
35th Author's Affiliation ()
()
36th Author's Name / /
36th Author's Affiliation ()
()
Speaker Author-1 
Date Time 2025-03-11 17:45:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
Registration for SS 
Paper # SS2024-71 
Volume (vol) vol.124 
Number (no) no.429 
Page pp.164-169 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2025-03-03 (SS) 

[Return to Top Page]

[Return to IEICE Web Page]
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Japan