2002
@inproceedings{NMH2002,
vgclass = {refpap},
vgproject = {cbir},
author = {Munehiro Nakazato and Lubomir Manola and Thomas S.
Huang},
title = {Image{G}rouper: Search, Annotate and Organize Images by
Groups},
editor = {Shi-Kuo Chang and Zen Chen and Suh-Yin Lee},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Recent
Advances in Visual Information Systems (VISUAL 2002)},
address = {Hsin Chu, Taiwan},
number = {2314},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
pages = {129--142},
publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
month = {March~11--13},
year = {2002},
url = {http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=nj59jflgfl0ppyp4},
abstract = {In Content-based Image Retrieval (CBIR), trial-and-error
query is essential for successful retrieval. Unfortunately, the
traditional user interfaces are not suitable for trying different
combinations of query examples. This is because first, these systems
assume query examples are added incrementally. Second, the query
specification and result display are done on the same workspace. Once
the user removes an image from the query examples, the image may
disappear from the user interface. In addition, it is difficult to
combine the result of different queries.
In this paper, we propose a new interface for Content-based image
retrieval named ImageGrouper. In our system, the users can
interactively compare different combinations of query examples by
dragging and grouping images on the workspace (Query-by-Group.) Because
the query results are displayed on another pane, the user can quickly
review the results. Combining different queries is also easy.
Furthermore, the concept of ``image groups'' is also applied to
annotating and organizing a large number of images.},
}