We present algorithms for automatic image annotation and retrieval based on color, shape, texture, and any combination of two or more of these features. Pixel-or region (object)-based color; region-based shape; and block-or region-based texture features have been considered. Automatic region selection has been accomplished by integrating color and spatial edge features. Color, shape, and textur...

This paper presents a variational method for supervised texture segmentation, which is based on ideas coming from the curve propagation theory. We assume that a preferable texture pattern is known (e.g. the pattern that we want to distinguish from the rest of the image). The textured feature space is generated by filtering the input and the preferable pattern image using Gabor filters, and anal...

The real-time texture mapping capabilities of modern graphics workstations are explored with respect to their applications in a variety of relevant scenarios in interactive molecular modeling techniques. The common usage of texture mapping to reduce geometric complexity while enhancing realism is extended, opening new ways to visualize large amounts of molecular data in a comprehensive fashion....

In modern multimedia applications, scalability is a key functionality that allows transmission and representation of contents in a wide variety of networks and terminals. In order to obtain full advantage of scalability features, techniques for detailed description and transformation of multimedia contents are needed. In this paper, the Bitstream Syntax Description Language is used for describi...

The automatic synthesis of procedural textures for 3D surfaces using genetic programming is investigated. Genetic algorithms employ a search strategy inspired by Darwinian natural evolution. Genetic programming uses genetic algorithms on tree structures, which are interpretable as computer programs or mathematical formulae. We use a texture generation language as a target language for genetic p...

Recent advances in computer hardware and virtual modelling allow to respect view and illumination dependencies of natural surface materials. The corresponding texture representation in the form of Bidirectional Texture Function (BTF) enables significant improvements of virtual models realism at the expense of immense increase of material sample data space. Thus introduction of some fast compres...

Dynamic textures are image sequences which contain moving scenes such as a flowing river, drifting smoke, waving foliage, etc. Such image sequences have dynamical properties that are related to motion in the physical world. In this paper, we propose a novel analytical tool for analyzing dynamic textures. The key idea is to exploit the properties of the impulse responses of the state variables c...

in this article, a new method for fusion of high resolution optical and radar data for higher quality road extraction is presented. the proposed methodology consists of two stages of separate road detection from each data and knowledge based fusion of results. neural networks are separately applied on high resolution ikonos and terrasar-x images for road detection, using a variety of texture pa...

Texture of various appearances, geometric distortions, spatial frequency content and densities is utilized by the human visual system to segregate items from background and to enable recognition of complex geometric forms. For automatic, or pre-attentive, segmentation of a visual scene, sophisticated analysis and comparison of surface properties over wide areas of the visual field are required....