ImageGrouper

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ImageGrouper

• A New User Interface for CBIR
• Query-by-group
• Extension to QBE
• QBE Vs QBG
• Individual Image Vs Groups of Images

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System Architecture
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ImageGrouper UI
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The First Search
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Improve Search by Giving Feedback to the result
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Add Negative Examples
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Group-based Image Retrieval

• Give query property to the group
• Neutral (white box)
• Positive (blue box)
• Negative (red box)
• This can be changed at any time
• Multiple groups union of the groups

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Flexible Image Retrieval

• Trail and Error by
• Mouse Dragging
• Storage areas
• Neutral groups
• Space outside any groups
• Group in a group
• narrow down search
• Berry Picking

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Groups in a Group
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Berry Picking
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Annotation-by-Group

• To support keyword-based search
• Keywords annotated on groups not individual
  images
• Annotating new images with the same keywords
• Hierarchical annotation with groups in a group
• Overlap between images

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So Many Functionalities So Easy to use !!!!
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Thank you for your attention!
Soontharee Sirikunya