SSH: Salient structures histogram for content based image retrieval

Jamil Ahmad, Muhammad Sajjad, Irfan Mehmood, Sung Wook Baik

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Abstract

Retrieving information accurately from large image collections is a challenging task due to the presence of complex patterns in visual data. High demands for efficient indexing and retrieval mechanisms is a major motivating factor for the extensive research in this area. Visual features of images are extracted and used for indexing, browsing and retrieval. The human visual system has a sensitivity to colors and edge orientations and hence, these features are very effective for representing a piece of visual information. In this paper, salient image structures corresponding to color and edge orientations are represented as a sparse feature matrix. It combines these features with saliency measures into a unified descriptor. The descriptor is tested on a large dataset. Experimental results verify the capability of the descriptor to represent color images with sufficient discrimination that will enable retrieval systems to perform better as compared to other state-of-the-art methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2015 18th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems, NBiS 2015
EditorsLeonard Barolli, Makoto Takizawa, Fatos Xhafa, Hui-Huang Hsu, Tomoya Enokido
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages212-217
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479999422
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 9 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event18th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems, NBiS 2015 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: Sept 2 2015Sept 4 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2015 18th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems, NBiS 2015

Conference

Conference18th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems, NBiS 2015
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityTaipei
Period9/2/159/4/15

Keywords

  • Color descriptor
  • Content-based retrieval
  • Saliency
  • Weighted features

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems

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