Interactive mosaic generation for video navigation

Navigation through large multimedia collections that include videos and images still remains a hard problem. In this paper, we introduce a novel method to visualize and navigate through the collection by creating a mosaic image that represents the compilation. This image is generated by a labeling-based layout algorithm using various sizes of sample tile images from the collection. Each tile represents both the photographs and video files representing scenes selected by matching algorithms. This generated mosaic image provides a new way for thematic video and also visually summarizes the videos. Users can generate these mosaics with some predefined themes and layouts, or base it on the results of their queries. Our approach supports automatic generation of these layouts by using meta-information such as color, time-line and existence of faces or manually generated annotated information from existing systems (e.g., the Family Video Archive). Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.1[Inf...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: MM
• Authors: Kihwan Kim, Irfan A. Essa, Gregory D. Abowd
• Keywords: Image, MM 2006, Mosaic Image, Video