Finding a needle in a haystack: an interactive video archive explorer for professional video searchers

  • Authors:

  • Mieke Haesen;Jan Meskens;Kris Luyten;Karin Coninx;Jan Hendrik Becker;Tinne Tuytelaars;Gert-Jan Poulisse;Phi The Pham;Marie-Francine Moens

  • Affiliations:

  • Expertise Centre for Digital Media, Hasselt University --- tUL --- IBBT, Diepenbeek, Belgium 3590;Expertise Centre for Digital Media, Hasselt University --- tUL --- IBBT, Diepenbeek, Belgium 3590;Expertise Centre for Digital Media, Hasselt University --- tUL --- IBBT, Diepenbeek, Belgium 3590;Expertise Centre for Digital Media, Hasselt University --- tUL --- IBBT, Diepenbeek, Belgium 3590;ESAT/PSI, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium 3001;ESAT/PSI, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium 3001;Department of Computer Science, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium 3001;Department of Computer Science, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium 3001;Department of Computer Science, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium 3001

  • Venue:
  • Multimedia Tools and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Professional video searchers typically have to search for particular video fragments in a vast video archive that contains many hours of video data. Without having the right video archive exploration tools, this is a difficult and time consuming task that induces hours of video skimming. We propose the video archive explorer, a video exploration tool that provides visual representations of automatically detected concepts to facilitate individual and collaborative video search tasks. This video archive explorer is developed by employing a user-centred methodology, which ensures that the tool is more likely to fit to the end user needs. A qualitative evaluation with professional video searchers shows that the combination of automatic video indexing, interactive visualisations and user-centred design can result in an increased usability, user satisfaction and productivity.