Title
Signature file as a spatial filter for iconic image database
Abstract
The problems of efficient data storage and data retrieval are important issues in the design of image database systems. A data structure called a 2-D string, which represents symbolic pictures preserving spatial knowledge, was proposed by Chang et al. It allows a natural way to construct iconic indexes for pictures. We proposed a data structure 2-D B-string to characterize the spatial knowledge embedded in images. It is powerful enough to describe images with partly overlapping or completely overlapping objects without the need of partitioning objects. When there exist a large volume of complex images in the image database, the processing time for image retrieval is tremendous. It is essential to develop efficient access methods for retrieval. In this paper, access methods, to different extents of precision, for retrieval of desired images encoded in 2-D B-strings are proposed. The signature file acting as a spatial filter of image database is based on disjoint coding and superimposed coding techniques. It provides an efficient way to retrieve images in image databases.
Year
DOI
Venue
1992
10.1016/1045-926X(92)90008-A
Journal of Visual Languages & Computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
spatial filtering
Data mining,Data structure,Automatic image annotation,Access method,Data retrieval,Computer science,Image retrieval,Object-based spatial database,Spatial database,Visual Word
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
3
4
1045-926X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
33
4.06
15
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
S. Y. Lee1334.06
M. C. Yang2334.06
J. W. Chen3334.06