Large Image Collections---Comprehension and Familiarization by Interactive Visual Analysis

Kresimir Matkovic, Denis Gra\vcanin, Wolfgang Freiler, Jana Banova, Helwig Hauser

INPROCEEDINGS, Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Smart Graphics (SG'09), 2009

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Abstract

Large size and complex multi-dimensional characteristics of image collections demand a multifaceted approach to exploration and analysis providing better comprehension and appreciation. We explore large and complex data-sets composed of images and parameters describing the images. We describe a novel approach providing new and exciting opportunities for the exploration and understanding of such data-sets. We utilize coordinated, multiple views for interactive visual analysis of all parameters. Besides iterative refinement and drill-down in the image parameters space, exploring such data-sets requires a different approach since visual content cannot be completely parameterized. We simultaneously brush the visual content and the image parameter values. The user provides a visual hint (using an image) for brushing in addition to providing a complete image parameters specification. We illustrate our approach on a data-set of more than 26,000 images from Flickr. The developed approach can be used in many application areas, including sociology, marketing, or everyday use.

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Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Smart Graphics (SG'09)

• Pages: 15–26
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02115-2_2

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BibTeX

@inproceedings{matkovic09imagecollection,
 author = {Kresimir Matkovic and Denis Gra\v{c}anin and 
 	Wolfgang Freiler and Jana Banova and Helwig Hauser},
 title = {Large Image Collections---Comprehension and Familiarization by Interactive Visual Analysis},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Smart Graphics (SG'09)},
 year = {2009},
 pages = {15--26},
 publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
 abstract = {Large size and complex multi-dimensional characteristics of image 
collections demand a multifaceted approach to exploration and analysis providing 
better comprehension and appreciation. We explore large and complex data-sets 
composed of images and parameters describing the images. We describe a novel 
approach providing new and exciting opportunities for the exploration and 
understanding of such data-sets. We utilize coordinated, multiple views for 
interactive visual analysis of all parameters. Besides iterative refinement 
and drill-down in the image parameters space, exploring such data-sets requires
a different approach since visual content cannot be completely parameterized. 
We simultaneously brush the visual content and the image parameter values. 
The user provides a visual hint (using an image) for brushing in addition to 
providing a complete image parameters specification. We illustrate our approach 
on a data-set of more than 26,000 images from Flickr. The developed approach can 
be used in many application areas, including sociology, marketing, or everyday use.},

 URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02115-2_2},
}