This paper describes interfaces for a suite of three recently developed techniques to facilitate content-based access to large image and video repositories. Two of these techniques involve content-based retrieval while the third technique is centered around a new browsing structure and forms a useful complement to the traditional query-byexample paradigm. Each technique is associated with its own user interface and allows for a different set of user interactions. The user can move between interfaces whilst executing a particular search and thus may combine the particular strengths of the different techniques. We illustrate each of the techniques using topics from the TRECVID 2003 contest.
Daniel Heesch, Stefan M. Rüger