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Adaptive color-image embeddings for database navigation

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Rubner, Y; Tomasi, C; Guibas, LJ
Published in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
January 1, 1997
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We present a novel approach to the problem of navigating through a database of color images for the purpose of image retrieval. We endow the database with a metric for the color distributions of the images. We then use multi-dimensional scaling techniques to embed a group of images as points in a two-dimensional Euclidean space so that their distances reflect image dissimilarities as well as possible. Such geometric embeddings allow the user to perceive the dominant axes of variation in the displayed image group, and form a mental picture of the database contents. Furthermore, since these embeddings group similar images together, away from dissimilar ones, the user can refine the query in a perceptually intuitive way. By iterating this process, the user can quickly navigate to the portion of the image space of interest.

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Carlo Tomasi
Author Carlo Tomasi Computer Science

Published In

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

DOI

10.1007/3-540-63930-6_110

EISSN

1611-3349

ISSN

0302-9743

ISBN

9783540639305

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

1351

Start / End Page

104 / 111

Related Subject Headings

  • Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
  • 46 Information and computing sciences
 

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Rubner, Y., Tomasi, C., & Guibas, L. J. (1997). Adaptive color-image embeddings for database navigation. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 1351, pp. 104–111). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63930-6_110
Rubner, Y., C. Tomasi, and L. J. Guibas. “Adaptive color-image embeddings for database navigation.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 1351:104–11, 1997. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63930-6_110.
Rubner Y, Tomasi C, Guibas LJ. Adaptive color-image embeddings for database navigation. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 1997. p. 104–11.
Rubner, Y., et al. “Adaptive color-image embeddings for database navigation.” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 1351, 1997, pp. 104–11. Scopus, doi:10.1007/3-540-63930-6_110.
Rubner Y, Tomasi C, Guibas LJ. Adaptive color-image embeddings for database navigation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 1997. p. 104–111.
Journal cover image

Published In

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

DOI

10.1007/3-540-63930-6_110

EISSN

1611-3349

ISSN

0302-9743

ISBN

9783540639305

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

1351

Start / End Page

104 / 111

Related Subject Headings

  • Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
  • 46 Information and computing sciences