Snap-and-ask: Answering multimodal question by naming visual instance

• Main Authors: ZHANG, Wei, PANG, Lei, NGO, Chong-wah
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: multimedia question answering; similar question search; visual instance search; Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces; Theory and Algorithms
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6441; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/7444/viewcontent/2393347.2393432.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In real-life, it is easier to provide a visual cue when asking a question about a possibly unfamiliar topic, for example, asking the question, “Where was this crop circle found?”. Providing an image of the instance is far more convenient than texting a verbose description of the visual properties, e...