With the popularity of "bag of visual terms" representations of images, many text indexing techniques have been applied in large-scale image retrieval systems. However, ...
Xiao Zhang, Zhiwei Li, Lei Zhang, Wei-Ying Ma, Heu...
We propose to utilize micro features, namely facial marks (e.g., freckles, moles, and scars) to improve face recognition and retrieval performance. Facial marks can be used in thr...
Tagged data is rapidly becoming more available on the World Wide Web. Web sites which populate tagging services offer a good way for Internet users to share their knowledge. An in...
We present data representations, distance measures and organizational structures for fast and efficient retrieval of similar shapes in image databases. Using the Hough Transform w...
Michail Vlachos, Zografoula Vagena, Philip S. Yu, ...
—In this paper we present a scalable and distributed system for image retrieval based on visual features and annotated text. This system is the core of the SAPIR project. Its arc...