Reasoning about pictures and similarity retrieval for image information systems based on SK-set knowledge representation |
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Authors: | P.W. and Y.R. |
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Affiliation: | Department of Applied Mathematics, National Chung-Hsing University, R.O.C., Taichung 40227, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | Spatial reasoning and similarity retrieval are two important functions of any image information system. Good spatial knowledge representation for images is necessary to adequately support these two functions. In this paper, we propose a new spatial knowledge representation, called the SK-set based on morphological skeleton theories. Spatial reasoning algorithms which achieve more accurate results by directly analysing skeletons are described. SK-set facilitates browsing and progressive visualization. We also define four new types of similarity measures and propose a similarity retrieval algorithm for performing image retrieval. Moreover, using SK-set as a spatial knowledge representation will reduce the storage space required by an image database significantly. |
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Keywords: | Image database Spatial knowledge Spatial reasoning Similarity retrieval Morphological skeleton SK-set Iconic indexing Browsing Visualization |
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