Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
SpringerLink
Log in

Interactive Browsing of Image Repositories

(Invited Paper)

  • Conference paper
Computer Vision and Graphics (ICCVG 2012)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNIP,volume 7594))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

Image collections, both personal and commercial, are growing very rapidly. Consequently, methods for managing large image databases are highly sought after. In this paper, we look at various ways to visualise and interactively browse image collections. In general, we can divide image database visualisation approaches into three categories: mapping-based techniques which typically employ dimensionality reduction algorithms, clustered visualisations which group, often in a hierarchical manner, similar images, and graph-based approaches where links between images are exploited to arrive at an intuitive display of the dataset.

Once displayed, the user should be able to browse through the collection in an interactive, intuitive and efficient manner. Such browsing can be achieved in several ways. Horizontal browsing navigates through images of the same visualisation plane, and includes operations such as panning, zooming, magnification and scaling. In contrast, vertical browsing allows navigation to a different level of a hierarchically organised visualisation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Smeulders, A., Worring, M., Santini, S., Gupta, A., Jain, R.: Content-based image retrieval at the end of the early years. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 22(12), 1349–1380 (2000)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Keller, I., Meiers, T., Ellerbrock, T., Sikora, T.: Image browsing with PCA-assisted user-interaction. In: IEEE Workshop on Content-Based Access of Image and Video Libraries, pp. 102–108 (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Moghaddam, B., Tian, Q., Lesh, N., Shen, C., Huang, T.: Visualization and user-modeling for browsing personal photo libraries. Int. Journal of Computer Vision 56(1/2), 109–130 (2004)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Kruskal, J., Wish, M.: Multidimensional Scaling. Sage (1978)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Rubner, Y., Guibas, L.J., Tomasi, C.: The earth movers distance, multi-dimensional scaling, and color-based image retrieval. In: APRA Image Understanding Workshop, pp. 661–668 (1997)

    Google Scholar 

  6. Rodden, K., Basalaj, W., Sinclair, D., Wood, K.: Evaluating a visualisation of image similarity as a tool for image browsing. In: IEEE Symposium on Information Visualisation, pp. 36–43 (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  7. Schaefer, G., Ruszala, S.: Effective and efficient browsing of image databases. Int. Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology 18, 137–145 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Schaefer, G., Stich, M.: UCID - An Uncompressed Colour Image Database. In: Storage and Retrieval Methods and Applications for Multimedia 2004. Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 5307, pp. 472–480 (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Faloutsos, C., Lin, K.: FastMap: A fast algorithm for indexing, datamining and visualization of traditional and multimedia datasets. In: SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, pp. 163–174 (1995)

    Google Scholar 

  10. Nakazato, M., Huang, T.: 3D MARS: Immersive virtual reality for content-based image retrieval. In: IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  11. Nguyen, G., Worring, M.: Interactive access to large image collections using similarity based visualization. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing 19, 203–224 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Laaksonen, J., Koskela, M., Oja, E.: PicSOM – Self-organizing image retrieval with MPEG-7 content descriptors. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks 13(4), 841–853 (2002)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Deng, D., Zhang, J., Purvis, M.: Visualisation and comparison of image collections based on self-organised maps. In: Australasian Workshop on Data Mining and Web Intelligence, vol. 32, pp. 97–102 (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  14. Eidenberger, H.: A video browsing application based on visual MPEG-7 descriptors and self-organising maps. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems 6(3) (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  15. Abdel-Mottaleb, M., Krischnamachari, S., Mankovich, N.: Performance evaluation of clustering algorithms for scalable image retrieval. In: IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Empirical Evaluation of Computer Vision Algorithms (1998)

    Google Scholar 

  16. Krischnamachari, S., Abdel-Mottaleb, M.: Image browsing using hierarchical clustering. In: IEEE Symposium Computers and Communications, pp. 301–307 (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  17. Pecenovic, Z., Do, M., Vetterli, M., Pu, P.: Integrated browsing and searching of large image collections. In: International Conference on Advances in Visual Information Systems, pp. 279–289 (2000)

    Google Scholar 

  18. Borth, D., Schulze, C., Ulges, A., Breuel, T.: Navidgator - similarity based browsing for image and video databases. In: 31st Annual German Conference on Advances in Artificial Intelligence, pp. 22–29 (2008)

    Google Scholar 

  19. Hilliges, O., Kunath, P., Pryakhin, A., Butz, A., Kriegel, H.: Browsing and sorting digital pictures using automatic image classification and quality analysis. In: International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 882–891 (2007)

    Google Scholar 

  20. Nakazato, M., Manola, L., Huang, T.: ImageGrouper: A group-oriented user interface for content-based image retrieval and digital image arrangement. Journal of Visual Language and Computing 14(4), 363–386 (2003)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Urban, J., Jose, J.: EGO: A personalised multimedia management and retrieval tool. International Journal of Intelligent Systems 21(7), 725–745 (2006)

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  22. Graham, A., Garcia-Molina, H., Paepcke, A., Winograd, T.: Time as essence for photo browsing through personal digital libraries. In: 2nd ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, pp. 326–335. ACM (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  23. Platt, J., Czerwinski, M., Field, B.: PhotoTOC: automatic clustering for browsing personal photographs. Technical report, Microsoft Research (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  24. Chen, Y., Butz, A.: Photosim: Tightly integrating image analysis into a photo browsing UI. In: International Symposium on Smart Graphics (2008)

    Google Scholar 

  25. Gomi, A., Miyazaki, R., Itoh, T., Li, J.: CAT: A hierarchical image browser using a rectangle packing technique. In: 12th International Conference on Information Visualization, pp. 82–87 (2008)

    Google Scholar 

  26. Chen, C., Gagaudakis, G., Rosin, P.: Similarity-based image browsing. In: International Conference on Intelligent Information Processing, pp. 206–213 (2000)

    Google Scholar 

  27. Heesch, D., Rüger, S.: NNk Networks for Content-Based Image Retrieval. In: McDonald, S., Tait, J.I. (eds.) ECIR 2004. LNCS, vol. 2997, pp. 253–266. Springer, Heidelberg (2004)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  28. Dontcheva, M., Agrawala, M., Cohen, M.: Metadata visualization for image browsing. In: 18th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (2005)

    Google Scholar 

  29. Worring, M., de Rooij, O., van Rijn, T.: Browsing visual collections using graphs. In: International Workshop on Multimedia Information Retrieval, pp. 307–312 (2007)

    Google Scholar 

  30. Plant, W., Schaefer, G.: Visualising image databases. In: IEEE Int. Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, pp. 1–6 (2009)

    Google Scholar 

  31. Plant, W., Schaefer, G.: Visualisation and Browsing of Image Databases. In: Multimedia Analysis, Processing and Communications. SCI, vol. 346, pp. 3–57. Springer, Heidelberg (2011)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  32. Tian, G., Taylor, D.: Colour image retrieval using virtual reality. In: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization, pp. 221–225 (2000)

    Google Scholar 

  33. van Liere, R., de Leeuw, W.: Exploration of large image collections using virtual reality devices. In: Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipulation, Held in Conjunction with the Eighth ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, pp. 83–86. ACM (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  34. Rodden, K., Basalaj, W., Sinclair, D., Wood, K.: Does organisation by similarity assist image browsing? In: SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 190–197. ACM (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  35. Bederson, B.: Quantum treemaps and bubblemaps for a zoomable image browser. In: Proceedings of the 14th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, pp. 71–80 (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  36. Liu, H., Xie, X., Tang, X., Li, Z.W., Ma, W.Y.: Effective browsing of web image search results. In: 6th ACM SIGMM International Workshop on Multimedia Information Retrieval, pp. 84–90 (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  37. Porta, M.: New visualization modes for effective image presentation. International Journal of Image and Graphics 9(1), 27–49 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  38. Platt, J.: AutoAlbum: Clustering digital photographs using probalistic model mergining. In: IEEE Workshop on Content-Based Access of Image and Video Libraries, pp. 96–100. IEEE (2000)

    Google Scholar 

  39. Hilliges, O., Baur, D., Butz, A.: Photohelix: Browsing, sorting and sharing digital photo collections. In: 2nd IEEE Tabletop Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems, pp. 87–94 (2007)

    Google Scholar 

  40. Plant, W., Schaefer, G.: Navigation and browsing of image databases. In: Int. Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition, pp. 750–755 (2009)

    Google Scholar 

  41. Schaefer, G., Ruszala, S.: Image Database Navigation: A Globe-Al Approach. In: Bebis, G., Boyle, R., Koracin, D., Parvin, B. (eds.) ISVC 2005. LNCS, vol. 3804, pp. 279–286. Springer, Heidelberg (2005)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  42. Schaefer, G., Ruszala, S.: Hierarchical Image Database Navigation on a Hue Sphere. In: Bebis, G., Boyle, R., Parvin, B., Koracin, D., Remagnino, P., Nefian, A., Meenakshisundaram, G., Pascucci, V., Zara, J., Molineros, J., Theisel, H., Malzbender, T. (eds.) ISVC 2006. LNCS, vol. 4292, pp. 814–823. Springer, Heidelberg (2006)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  43. Schaefer, G.: A next generation browsing environment for large image repositories. Multimedia Tools and Applications 47(1), 105–120 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  44. Schaefer, G., Stuttard, M.: An on-line tool for browsing large image repositories. In: Int. Conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management, pp. 102–106 (2010)

    Google Scholar 

  45. Rodden, K., Basalaj, W., Sinclair, D., Wood, K.: Evaluating a visualisation of image similarity as a tool for image browsing. In: IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, pp. 36–43 (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  46. Schaefer, G., Fox, M., Plant, W., Stuttard, M.: Truly interactive approaches to browsing image databases. In: 7th Int. Conference on Signal-Image Technology and Internet-based Systems (2011)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Computer Science, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

    Gerald Schaefer

Authors
  1. Gerald Schaefer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology, 86 Koszykowa, 02-008, Warsaw, Poland

    Leonard Bolc

  2. AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Kraków, Poland

    Ryszard Tadeusiewicz

  3. Faculty of Applied Informatics and Mathematics, Department of Informatics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland

    Leszek J. Chmielewski

  4. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology, Koszykowa 86, 02-008, Warszawa, Poland

    Konrad Wojciechowski

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Schaefer, G. (2012). Interactive Browsing of Image Repositories. In: Bolc, L., Tadeusiewicz, R., Chmielewski, L.J., Wojciechowski, K. (eds) Computer Vision and Graphics. ICCVG 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7594. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33564-8_29

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33564-8_29

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-33563-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-33564-8

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation