Image annotation, the task of automatically generating description words for a picture, is a key component in various image search and retrieval applications. Creating image datab...
Most of the currently existing image retrieval systems make use of either low-level features or semantic (textual) annotations. A combined usage during annotation and retrieval is ...
Compound (or mixed) document images contain graphic or textual content along with pictures. They are a very common form of documents, found in magazines, brochures, web-sites etc....
Automatically creating images that give a sense of content can be useful in a number of settings. Such images can summarize a larger collection of media in novel ways, giving an e...
The main objective of an information retrieval system is to be effective in providing a user with relevant information in response to a query. However, especially given the inform...