1996
@inproceedings{SmC1996,
vgclass = {refpap},
vgproject = {cbir},
author = {John R. Smith and Shih-Fu Chang},
title = {Visual{SEE}k: a fully automated content-based image query
system},
booktitle = {The Fourth ACM International Multimedia Conference and
Exhibition},
address = {Boston, MA, USA},
month = {November},
year = {1996},
url = {ftp://ftp.ctr.columbia.edu/CTR-Research/advent/public/papers/96/smith96f.ps.gz},
abstract = {We describe a highly functional prototype system for
searching by visual features in an image database. The VisualSEEk
system is novel in that the user forms the queries by diagramming
spatial arrangements of color regions. The system finds the images
that contain the most similar arrangements of similar regions. Prior to
the queries, the system extracts and indexes salient color regions from
the images. By utilizing efficient indexing techniques for color
information, region sizes and absolute and relative spatial locations,
a wide variety of complex joint color/spatial queries may be
computed.},
}