Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.7305/automatika.53-4.247
Intuitive Image Database Browsing to Support Image Annotation
Gerald Schaefer
; Department of Computer Science Loughborough University Loughborough, U.K.
Matthew Stuttard
; MSFX Ltd U.K.
Abstract
Image annotation is typically performed manually since automatic image annotation approaches have not matured yet to be used in practice. Consequently, image annotation is a labour intensive and time consuming task. In this paper, we show how an image browsing system can be employed to support efficient and effective (manual) annotation of image databases. In contrast to other approaches, which typically present images in a linear fashion, we employ a visualisation where images are arranged by mutual visual similarity. Since in this arrangement similar images are close to each other, they can easily be selected and annotated together. Organisation on a grid layout prevents image overlap and thus contributes to a clear presentation. Large image databases are handled through a hierarchical data structure where each image in the visualisation can correspond to a cluster of images that can be expanded by the user. Experimental results indicate that annotation can be performed faster on our proposed system.
Keywords
Visual information processing; Image databases; Image browsing; Image annotation; Hue sphere
Hrčak ID:
93996
URI
Publication date:
5.12.2012.
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