Combining visual dictionary, kernel-based similarity and learning strategy for image category retrieval

  • Authors:
  • Philippe Henri Gosselin;Matthieu Cord;Sylvie Philipp-Foliguet

  • Affiliations:
  • ETIS/CNRS 8051, Image, 6, Avenue du Ponceau, BP 44, 95014 Cergy-Pontoise, France;LIP6/CNRS, 75016 Paris, France;ETIS/CNRS 8051, Image, 6, Avenue du Ponceau, BP 44, 95014 Cergy-Pontoise, France

  • Venue:
  • Computer Vision and Image Understanding
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This paper presents a search engine architecture, RETIN, aiming at retrieving complex categories in large image databases. For indexing, a scheme based on a two-step quantization process is presented to compute visual codebooks. The similarity between images is represented in a kernel framework. Such a similarity is combined with online learning strategies motivated by recent machine-learning developments such as active learning. Additionally, an offline supervised learning is embedded in the kernel framework, offering a real opportunity to learn semantic categories. Experiments with real scenario carried out from the Corel Photo database demonstrate the efficiency and the relevance of the RETIN strategy and its outstanding performances in comparison to up-to-date strategies.