Interactive image retrieval by natural language

Shouji Harada; Yukihiro Itoh; Hiromasa Nakatani

doi:10.1117/1.601567

1 December 1997 Interactive image retrieval by natural language

Shouji Harada, Yukihiro Itoh, Hiromasa Nakatani

Optical Engineering, Vol. 36, Issue 12, (December 1997). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601567

This paper presents a method of building an image data retrieval system that can accept Japanese sentences and handle subjective expressions. A naive user who has little knowledge about objects in the database is likely to use subjective words to explain what he or she wants, for instance, ‘‘show me a cute one,’’ or ‘‘I would like to have a simpler one.’’ Objective interpretation of those expressions is difficult but is indispensable to retrieval systems. In this paper we propose a technique for matching subjective expressions with color features and discuss usability of our natural language interface.

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Shouji Harada, Yukihiro Itoh, and Hiromasa Nakatani "Interactive image retrieval by natural language," Optical Engineering 36(12), (1 December 1997). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601567

Published: 1 December 1997

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