Method and device for seeking images based on the content taking into account the content of regions of interest
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1. Method of seeking images, from an example image, from amongst a plurality of images stored in a database, each of the stored images being associated with a data item of a first type, referred to as an index of the stored image, representing at least one characteristic of the visual content of the image, said method comprising the following steps:
- receiving a data item of a second type representing the location of at least one region of interest in the example image;
for each region of interest, ROIr, receiving a data item of a third type, Vr, indicative of a type of taking into account of the content of the said region of interest for the seeking of images;
calculating a data item of a fourth type, referred to as the index of the example image, representing at least one characteristic of the visual content of the example image, the method of calculating said data item of the fourth type depending on said data item of the second type and said data items of the third type;
calculating a similarity between the example image and each of the images amongst at least one subset of the stored images, said similarity being calculated from said data item of the first type associated with the stored image and the data item of the fourth type associated with the example image;
supplying at least one image, referred to as the result image, in the database, said at least one result image being selected from amongst said stored images in the database according to its degree of similarity with said example image.
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Abstract
A method of seeking images, from an example image, from amongst a plurality of images stored in a database, each of the stored images being associated with an index, representing at least one characteristic of the visual content of the image, includes the following steps: a step of receiving a data item of a second type representing the location of at least one region of interest in the example image; a step of receiving, for each region of interest, a data item of a third type indicating a type of taking into account of the content of the region of interest for the seeking of images; a step of calculating an index of the example image, representing at least one characteristic of the visual content of the example image, the method of calculating this index depending on the data item of the second type and the data items of the third type; a step of calculating a similarity between the example image and each of the images from amongst at least one subset of the stored images, this similarity being calculated from the index associated with the stored image and the index associated with the example image; and a step of supplying at least one image, referred to as the result image, of the database, this result image being selected from amongst the images in the database according to its degree of similarity with the example image.
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13 Claims
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1. Method of seeking images, from an example image, from amongst a plurality of images stored in a database, each of the stored images being associated with a data item of a first type, referred to as an index of the stored image, representing at least one characteristic of the visual content of the image, said method comprising the following steps:
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receiving a data item of a second type representing the location of at least one region of interest in the example image;
for each region of interest, ROIr, receiving a data item of a third type, Vr, indicative of a type of taking into account of the content of the said region of interest for the seeking of images;
calculating a data item of a fourth type, referred to as the index of the example image, representing at least one characteristic of the visual content of the example image, the method of calculating said data item of the fourth type depending on said data item of the second type and said data items of the third type;
calculating a similarity between the example image and each of the images amongst at least one subset of the stored images, said similarity being calculated from said data item of the first type associated with the stored image and the data item of the fourth type associated with the example image;
supplying at least one image, referred to as the result image, in the database, said at least one result image being selected from amongst said stored images in the database according to its degree of similarity with said example image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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