Title
Learning semantic categories for 3D model retrieval
Abstract
A shape similarity judgment among a pair of 3D models is often influenced by their semantics, in addition to their shapes. If we could somehow incorporate semantic knowledge into a "shape similarity" comparison method, retrieval performance of a shape-based 3D model retrieval system could be improved. This paper presents a 3D model retrieval method that successfully incorporates semantic information from human-made categories (labels) in a training database. Our off-line, 2-stage semi-supervised approach learns efficiently from a small set of labeled models. The method first performs unsupervised learning from a large set of unlabeled 3D models to find a non-linear subspace on which the shape features are distributed. It then performs a supervised learning from a much smaller set of labeled 3D models to learn multiple semantic categories at once. Our experimental evaluation showed that the retrieval performance using proposed method is significantly higher than those of both supervised-only and unsupervised-only learning methods.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1145/1290082.1290090
Multimedia Information Retrieval
Keywords
Field
DocType
model retrieval system,shape feature,comparison method,large set,retrieval performance,model retrieval method,semantic knowledge,semantic information,multiple semantic category,unsupervised learning,supervised learning,manifold learning
Divergence-from-randomness model,Learning to rank,Semi-supervised learning,Computer science,Unsupervised learning,Artificial intelligence,Semantic similarity,Information retrieval,Pattern recognition,Supervised learning,Semantics,Machine learning,Visual Word
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
20
1.00
19
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
R. Ohbuchi11710170.54
Akihiro Yamamoto213526.84
Jun Kobayashi3431.86