The Multimedia Lexicon: Automatic object and structure discovery in audio-video-text content

We understand the real world in terms of objects: When we look at a picture or our surroundings, or when we close our eyes and listen, we organize the information arriving from the outside world in terms of attributes for perceived, independent objects. “Independence” can refer to physical separability (the pen on my desk), behavioral autonomy (the hissing steam valve on the radiator), or more conceptual distinctions, but it is something that human observers can largely agree upon.