Most of current fingerprint indexing schemes utilize features based on global textures and minutiae structures. To extend the existing technology of feature extraction, this paper...
In this paper we define a Topological Tree (TT) as a knowledge representation method that aims to describe important visual and spatial features of image regions, namely the color...
Rita Cucchiara, Costantino Grana, Andrea Prati, St...
Automatic generation of semantic metadata describing spatial relations is highly desirable for image digital libraries. Relative spatial relations between objects in an image conv...
Yuhang Wang, Fillia Makedon, James Ford, Li Shen, ...
We survey recent developments in multimedia signal quality assessment, including image, audio, video, and combined signals. Such an overview is timely given the recent explosion in...
—In this paper we present a novel approach for fast search of handwritten Arabic word-parts within large lexicons. The algorithm runs through three steps to achieve the required ...