ProblemProblem

Query image by content in an Query image by content in an image databaseimage database

MotivationMotivationImage databases are becoming Image databases are becoming more and more common and more and more common and

larger in several distinct larger in several distinct application domains, such as: application domains, such as:

multimedia search engines, digital multimedia search engines, digital libraries, art, medical, geographic, libraries, art, medical, geographic, criminal investigation. There is a criminal investigation. There is a need to develop efficient tools for need to develop efficient tools for searching (indexing) and browsing searching (indexing) and browsing the multimedia data by content.the multimedia data by content.

Plan of attackPlan of attack IdeasIdeas

– extract features from the query image (color, texture, extract features from the query image (color, texture, shape, position, regions)shape, position, regions)

– create a database, indexing the picturescreate a database, indexing the pictures– compare the query image to images from database, compare the query image to images from database,

releaving similaritiesreleaving similarities

ToolsTools– Matlab, Jasc Photoshop, Java, DBMSMatlab, Jasc Photoshop, Java, DBMS

Things to learnThings to learn– Image analysis, Image retrieval, comparing features, Image analysis, Image retrieval, comparing features,

clusterizing images (SOM), Java, SQLclusterizing images (SOM), Java, SQL

ScheduleSchedule

Poster - 1st October 2003Poster - 1st October 2003 Paper - 1st November 2003Paper - 1st November 2003 Software implementation starts on Software implementation starts on

1st October 20031st October 2003 Team meetings - twice a week, on Team meetings - twice a week, on

Tuesdays and SaturdaysTuesdays and Saturdays 3 subgroups: research, 3 subgroups: research,

implementation and documentationimplementation and documentation

ResultsResults

Good knowledge in image analysis Good knowledge in image analysis applied in image retrieval, query applied in image retrieval, query by contentby content

Algorithms (Matlab, Java) for Algorithms (Matlab, Java) for query-by-image-content fieldquery-by-image-content field

Try to implement these algorithms Try to implement these algorithms in Java applicationin Java application