Inference and Retrieval of Facial Images

Attempts have been made to extend SQL to work with multimedia databases. We are reserved on the representation ability of extended SQL to cope with the richness in content of multimedia data. In this paper we present an example of a multimedia database system, Computer Aided Facial Image Inference a...

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Main Authors: WU, Jian Kang, ANG, Yew Hock, LAM, Chiam Prong, LOH, Hean Ho, NARASIMHALU, Arcot Desai
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sis_research-10102018-06-29T01:12:01Z Inference and Retrieval of Facial Images WU, Jian Kang ANG, Yew Hock LAM, Chiam Prong LOH, Hean Ho NARASIMHALU, Arcot Desai Attempts have been made to extend SQL to work with multimedia databases. We are reserved on the representation ability of extended SQL to cope with the richness in content of multimedia data. In this paper we present an example of a multimedia database system, Computer Aided Facial Image Inference and Retrieval system (CAFIIR). The system stores and manages facial images and criminal records, providing necessary functions for crime identification. We would like to demonstrate some core techniques for multimedia database with CAFIIR system. Firstly, CAFIIR is a integrated system. Besides database management, there are image analysis, image composition, image aging, and report generation subsystems, providing means for problem solving. Secondly, the richness of multimedia data urges feature-based database for their management. CAFIIR is feature-based. A indexing mechanism,iconic index, has been proposed for indexing facial images using hierarchical self-organization neural network. The indexing method operates on complex feature measures and provides means for visual navigation. Thirdly, special retrieval methods for facial images have been developed, including visual browsing, similarity retrieval, free text retrieval and fuzzy retrieval. 1994-06-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/11 info:doi/10.1007/BF01213579 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01213579 Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Multimedia database system Iconic index Visual browsing Similarity retrieval Free text retrieval Fuzzy retrieval Self-organization neural net index Computer Sciences Management Information Systems
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
content_provider SMU Libraries
collection InK@SMU
language English
topic Multimedia database system
Iconic index
Visual browsing
Similarity retrieval
Free text retrieval
Fuzzy retrieval
Self-organization neural net index
Computer Sciences
Management Information Systems
spellingShingle Multimedia database system
Iconic index
Visual browsing
Similarity retrieval
Free text retrieval
Fuzzy retrieval
Self-organization neural net index
Computer Sciences
Management Information Systems
WU, Jian Kang
ANG, Yew Hock
LAM, Chiam Prong
LOH, Hean Ho
NARASIMHALU, Arcot Desai
Inference and Retrieval of Facial Images
description Attempts have been made to extend SQL to work with multimedia databases. We are reserved on the representation ability of extended SQL to cope with the richness in content of multimedia data. In this paper we present an example of a multimedia database system, Computer Aided Facial Image Inference and Retrieval system (CAFIIR). The system stores and manages facial images and criminal records, providing necessary functions for crime identification. We would like to demonstrate some core techniques for multimedia database with CAFIIR system. Firstly, CAFIIR is a integrated system. Besides database management, there are image analysis, image composition, image aging, and report generation subsystems, providing means for problem solving. Secondly, the richness of multimedia data urges feature-based database for their management. CAFIIR is feature-based. A indexing mechanism,iconic index, has been proposed for indexing facial images using hierarchical self-organization neural network. The indexing method operates on complex feature measures and provides means for visual navigation. Thirdly, special retrieval methods for facial images have been developed, including visual browsing, similarity retrieval, free text retrieval and fuzzy retrieval.
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author WU, Jian Kang
ANG, Yew Hock
LAM, Chiam Prong
LOH, Hean Ho
NARASIMHALU, Arcot Desai
author_facet WU, Jian Kang
ANG, Yew Hock
LAM, Chiam Prong
LOH, Hean Ho
NARASIMHALU, Arcot Desai
author_sort WU, Jian Kang
title Inference and Retrieval of Facial Images
title_short Inference and Retrieval of Facial Images
title_full Inference and Retrieval of Facial Images
title_fullStr Inference and Retrieval of Facial Images
title_full_unstemmed Inference and Retrieval of Facial Images
title_sort inference and retrieval of facial images
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 1994
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/11
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01213579
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