WO2001037131A3 - Method of and apparatus for classifying an image - Google Patents

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WO2001037131A3
WO2001037131A3 PCT/GB2000/004319 GB0004319W WO0137131A3 WO 2001037131 A3 WO2001037131 A3 WO 2001037131A3 GB 0004319 W GB0004319 W GB 0004319W WO 0137131 A3 WO0137131 A3 WO 0137131A3
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David Andrew Sinclair
Kenneth Robert Wood
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At & T Lab Cambridge Ltd
David Andrew Sinclair
Kenneth Robert Wood
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Priority to AU14014/01A priority patent/AU1401401A/en
Priority to EP00976127A priority patent/EP1402403B1/en
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Priority to US11/760,124 priority patent/US7545980B2/en
Priority to US12/434,778 priority patent/US7778462B2/en

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    • G06F16/00Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
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    • G06F16/583Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content
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    • G06V10/40Extraction of image or video features
    • G06V10/42Global feature extraction by analysis of the whole pattern, e.g. using frequency domain transformations or autocorrelation
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Abstract

A technique is provided for classifying images in a library (1) for subsequent selective retrieval. Each library image is segmented (2) into a plurality of coherent regions. Each of the regions is analysed in respect of a plurality of visual properties, each of which is ascribed a number according to the value of the visual property. The property numbers are then compared (4) with bands of the available property range and a computer-readable character, such as a letter of the alphabet, is ascribed to each of the property values. The characters are then arranged (5) in a predetermined order to form a region character string. The strings for each region are then indexed (7) to form an index (8) of the images by region character string. For image retrieval, a target image (10) is analysed in the same way to form region character strings which are then supplied to a text retrieval system (12) for detecting matches with entries in the index (8). Library images having matching regions are retrieved from the library (1).
PCT/GB2000/004319 1999-11-16 2000-11-13 Method of and apparatus for classifying an image WO2001037131A2 (en)

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US10/129,763 US7239746B1 (en) 1999-11-16 2000-11-13 Method of and apparatus for classifying an image
DE60033580T DE60033580T2 (en) 1999-11-16 2000-11-13 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING AN IMAGE
AU14014/01A AU1401401A (en) 1999-11-16 2000-11-13 Method of and apparatus for classifying an image
EP00976127A EP1402403B1 (en) 1999-11-16 2000-11-13 Method of and apparatus for classifying an image
US11/760,124 US7545980B2 (en) 1999-11-16 2007-06-08 Method of and apparatus for classifying an image
US12/434,778 US7778462B2 (en) 1999-11-16 2009-05-04 Method of and apparatus for classifying an image

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