Color image segmentation has been widely applied to diverse fields in the past decades for containing more information than gray ones, whose essence is a process of clustering according to the color of pixels. However, traditional clustering methods do not scale well with the number of data, which limits the ability of handling massive data effectively. We developed an improved kernel clusterin...

This paper focuses on the embedding of the uncertainty about color images, naturally arising from the quantization and the human perception of colors, into histogram-type descriptors, adopted as indexing mechanism. In particular, our work has led to an extension of the GIFT platform for Content Based Image Retrieval based on fuzzy color indexing in the HSV color space. To quantify the performan...

A high-resolution and angle-insensitive structural color generation platform is demonstrated based on triple-layer aluminum-silica-aluminum metamaterials supporting surface plasmon resonances tunable across the entire visible spectrum. The color performances of the fabricated aluminum metamaterials can be strongly enhanced by coating a thin transparent polymer layer on top. The results show tha...

The paper presents the implementation and performances of a Multimedia Database Server software tool used for managing medium sized image collections. The software tool uses traditional data types (integer, double, char, varchar) and a new complex data type, called image. This type is used for storing the image along with the information extracted. This refers to the image’s size and type, colo...

This paper presents a comparative study of color and texture descriptors considering the Web as the environment of use. We take into account the diversity and large-scale aspects of the Web considering a large number of descriptors (24 color and 28 texture descriptors, including both traditional and recently proposed ones). The evaluation is made on two levels: a theoretical analysis in terms o...

In this paper, we introduce a new approach to identify people in multi-camera based on AdaBoost descriptors cascade. Given the complexity of this task, we propose a new regional color feature vector based on intra and inter color histograms fusion to characterize a person in multi-camera. This descriptor is, then, integrated into an extensive comparative study with several existing color, textu...

The representation of expressivity in music is still a fairly unexplored field. Alternative ways of representing musical information are necessary when providing feedback on emotion expression in music such as in real-time tools for music education, or in the display of large music databases. One possible solution could be a graphical non-verbal representation of expressivity in music performan...

This paper presents a color demosaicing method applied to the Bayer pattern color filter array (CFA). Reliable estimation of an edge direction, edge-directed asymmetric interpolation, and the use of color samples at immediate neighbors are considered as the key guidelines for smooth and sharp image restoration. Also, special interest is directed to local areas that are rich in high spatial freq...

Ensuring color fidelity in image-based 3D modeling of heritage scenarios is nowadays still an open research matter. Image colors are important during the data processing as they affect algorithm outcomes, therefore their correct treatment, reduction and enhancement is fundamental. In this contribution, we present an automated solution developed to improve the radiometric quality of an image dat...