An intelligent user interface for browsing and searching MPEG-7 images using concept lattices
RIS ID
24029
Abstract
This paper presents the evaluation of a design and architecture for browsing and searching MPEG-7 images. Our approach is novel in that it exploits concept lattices for the representation and navigation of image content. Several concept lattices provide the foundation for the system (called IMAGE-SLEUTH) each representing a different search context, one for image shape, another for color and luminance, and a third for semantic content, namely image browsing based on a metadata ontology. The test collection used for our study is a sub-set of MPEG-7 images created from the popular The Sims 2" game. The evaluation of the IMAGE-SLEUTH program is based on usability testing among 29 subjects. The results of the study are used to build an improved second generation program IMAGE-SLEUTH2 however these results also indicate that image navigation via a concept lattice is a highly successful interface paradigm. Our results provide general insights for interface design using concept lattices that will be of interest to any applied research and development using concept lattices.
Publication Details
Ducrou, J. R. & Eklund, P. W. (2008). An intelligent user interface for browsing and searching MPEG-7 images using concept lattices. International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 19 (2), 359-381.