Photo LOI: browsing multi-user photo collections

The number of digital photographs is growing beyond the abilities of individuals to easily manage and understand their own photo collections. Photo LOI (Level of Interest) is a technique that filters, aggregates, and visualizes photographs taken by multiple users who shared temporal, spatial, and/or social context at the point of photo capture. Photo LOI enables groups of photographers to see and manipulate visualizations of their photographic activities over time and social space in order to help cluster and select photos, and enables researchers to study contextual patterns in the phototaking habits of different users and groups of users. In this paper we give a brief overview of Photo LOI’s features and describe some of its applications. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.1 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Content Analysis and Indexing – Indexing methods; H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces General Terms Algorithms, Management, Design, Exper...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: MM
• Authors: Rahul Nair, Nick Reid, Marc Davis
• Keywords: LOI Enables Groups, MM 2005, Photo LOI, Photo LOI Features