SaFe: a general framework for integrated spatial and feature image search

22 November 2002

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

p. 301-306
https://doi.org/10.1109/mmsp.1997.602652

Abstract

We present a system for querying for images by the spatial and feature attributes of regions. The system enables the user to find the images that contain an arrangement of regions similar to that diagrammed in a query image. We propose a general framework which allows for different types of features (e.g., color, texture, shape, motion) to be integrated with spatial information in the query process. We demonstrate that integrated spatial and feature querying improves image search capabilities over previous content-based image retrieval methods.

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