1995
@techreport{Pic1995a,
vgclass = {report},
vgproject = {cbir},
author = {Rosalind W. Picard},
title = {Toward a Visual Thesaurus},
number = {358},
institution = {MIT Media Laboratory Perceptual Computing Section},
address = {20 Ames St., Cambridge MA 02139},
year = {1995},
abstract = {A thesaurus is a book containing synonyms in a given
language; it provides similarity links when trying to retrieve articles
or stories about a particular topic. A ``visual thesaurus'' works with
pictures, not words. It aids in recognizing visually similar events,
``visual synonyms'', including both spatial and motion similarity. This
paper describes a method for building such a tool, and recent research
results in the MIT Media Lab which contribute towards this goal. The
heart of the method is a learning system which gathers information by
interacting with a user of a database. The learning system is also
capable of incorporating audio and other perceptual information,
ultimately constructing a representation of common \emph{sense}
knowledge.},
}