A hybrid approach to multimedia database systems through integration of semantics and media-based search

Wen Syan Li, K. Selçuk Candan, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara

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Abstract

With the increasing interest in multimedia, researchers across various disciplines, in particular, the database community and image processing community, have teamed up to conduct research in building multimedia database systems through integration of available technologies in various areas. In this paper, we introduce a hybrid approach to multimedia database systems in which traditional database systems are augmented by added media-dependent modules to manipulate and search multimedia data. SEMCOG (SEMantics and COGnition-based image retrieval) is a multimedia database system based on this hybrid architecture. We use it as an example to illustrate how to design and implement a hybrid multimedia database system. We also give our experiences with prototyping SEMCOG and issues raised for future research.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationWorldwide Computing and Its Applications - International Conference, WWCA 1997, Proceedings
EditorsTakashi Masuda, Yoshifumi Masunaga, Michiharu Tsukamoto
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages182-197
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)354063343X, 9783540633433
StatePublished - Jan 1 1997
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Worldwide Computing and Its Applications, WWCA 1997 - Tsukuba, Japan
Duration: Mar 10 1997Mar 11 1997

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1274
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

OtherInternational Conference on Worldwide Computing and Its Applications, WWCA 1997
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTsukuba
Period3/10/973/11/97

Keywords

  • Hybrid systems
  • Image retrieval
  • Multimedia databases
  • Query language
  • Visual query interface

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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