Psychophysical approach to modeling image semantics

Aleksandra Mojsilovic; Bernice E. Rogowitz

doi:10.1117/12.429518

8 June 2001 Psychophysical approach to modeling image semantics

Aleksandra Mojsilovic, Bernice E. Rogowitz

Proceedings Volume 4299, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging VI; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.429518
Event: Photonics West 2001 - Electronic Imaging, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Current image retrieval systems compare images based on low- level primitives, such as color, color layout, texture and shape. However, recent psychophysical experiments show that human observers primarily use high-level semantic descriptors and categories to judge image similarity. To model. these high-level descriptors in terms of low-level primitives we use hierarchical clustering to segment the psychophysically determined image similarity space into semantically meaningful categories. We then conduct a series of psychophysical experiments to evaluate the perceptual salience of these categories. For each category we investigate the correlation with low-level pictorial features to identify semantically relevant features, their organization and distribution. Our findings suggest a new semantically based image similarity model.

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Aleksandra Mojsilovic and Bernice E. Rogowitz "Psychophysical approach to modeling image semantics", Proc. SPIE 4299, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging VI, (8 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.429518

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