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Object-based MPEG-2 video indexing and retrieval in a collaborative environment

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In this paper, an object-based video retrieval methodology for search in large, heterogeneous video collections is presented. The proposed approach employs a real-time, compressed-domain, unsupervised algorithm for the segmentation of image sequences to spatiotemporal objects. For the resulting objects, MPEG-7 compliant low-level descriptors describing their color, shape, position and motion characteristics are extracted. These are automatically associated using a fuzzy C-means algorithm with appropriate intermediate-level descriptors, which are part of a simple vocabulary termed object ontology. Combined with a relevance feedback mechanism, this scheme allows the qualitative definition of the high-level concepts the user queries for (semantic objects, each represented by a keyword) and relations between them, facilitating the retrieval of relevant video segments. Furthermore, it allows the collaborative construction of a knowledge base by accumulating the information contributed to the system during feedback by different users. Thus, it enables faster and more accurate retrieval of commonly requested keywords or semantic objects. Experimental results in the context of a collaborative environment demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed video indexing and retrieval scheme.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the EU projects SCHEMA “Network of Excellence in Content-Based Semantic Scene Analysis and Information Retrieval” (IST-2001-32795), aceMedia “Integrating knowledge, semantics and content for user centred intelligent media services” (FP6-001765), and the Hungary - Greece bilateral cooperation project CIRCE: Content-Based and Semantic Multimedia Indexing and Retrieval in Collaborative Environments. The assistance of COST211 quat and COST292 is also gratefully acknowledged.

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    Vasileios Mezaris, Ioannis Kompatsiaris & Michael Gerassimos Strintzis

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    Vasileios Mezaris, Ioannis Kompatsiaris & Michael Gerassimos Strintzis

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Mezaris, V., Kompatsiaris, I. & Strintzis, M.G. Object-based MPEG-2 video indexing and retrieval in a collaborative environment. Multimed Tools Appl 30, 255–272 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-006-0028-0

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