Case for image querying through image spots

Peter Bosch; Arjen P. de Vries; Niels Nes; Martin Kersten

doi:10.1117/12.410937

1 January 2001 Case for image querying through image spots

Peter Bosch, Arjen P. de Vries, Niels Nes, Martin Kersten

Proceedings Volume 4315, Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases 2001; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.410937
Event: Photonics West 2001 - Electronic Imaging, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We present an image spot query technique as an alternative for content-based image retrieval based on similarity over feature vectors. Image spots are selective parts of a query image designated by users as highly relevant for the desired answer set. Compared to traditional approaches, our technique allows users to search image databases for local characteristics rather than global features. When a user query is presented to our search engine, the engine does not impose any policy of its own on the answer set; it performs an exact match based on the query terms against the database. Semantic higher concepts such as weighing the relevance of query terms, is left to the user as a task while refining their query to reach the desired answer set. Given the hundreds of feature terms involved in query spots, refinement algorithms are to be encapsulated in separate applications, which act as an intermediary between our search engine and the users.

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Peter Bosch, Arjen P. de Vries, Niels Nes, and Martin Kersten "Case for image querying through image spots", Proc. SPIE 4315, Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases 2001, (1 January 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.410937

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