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Interactive Exploration of Image Collections on Mobile Devices

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Active Media Technology (AMT 2012)

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Image collections are ever growing and hence visual information is becoming more and more important. Moreover, the classical paradigm of taking pictures has changed, first with the spread of digital cameras and, more recently, with mobile devices equipped with integrated cameras. Clearly, these image repositories need to be managed, and tools for effectively and efficiently searching image databases are highly sought after, especially on mobile devices where more and more images are being stored. In this paper, we present an image browsing system for interactive exploration of image collections on mobile devices. Images are arranged so that visually similar images are grouped together while large image repositories become accessible through a hierarchical, browsable tree structure, arranged on a hexagonal lattice. The developed system provides an intuitive and fast interface for navigating through image databases using a variety of touch gestures.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Loughborough University, Loughborough, U.K.

    Gerald Schaefer, Matthew Tallyn, Daniel Felton & David Edmundson

  2. School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, U.K.

    William Plant

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  1. Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei University, 3-7-2, Kajino-cho, 184-8584, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan

    Runhe Huang

  2. Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Box 440, E3B 5A3, Fredicton, NB, Canada

    Ali A. Ghorbani

  3. Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milano Bicocca, Viale Sarca 336, 20126, Milano, Italy

    Gabriella Pasi

  4. Department of Administration Engineering, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, 223-8522, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan

    Takahira Yamaguchi

  5. University of Aizu, 102-C, Research Quadrangles, Tsuruga, Ikki-machi, 965-8580, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima, Japan

    Neil Y. Yen

  6. Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, no.4 Nan Sie Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Hai Dian Qu, 100190, Beijing, China

    Beijing Jin

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Schaefer, G., Tallyn, M., Felton, D., Edmundson, D., Plant, W. (2012). Interactive Exploration of Image Collections on Mobile Devices. In: Huang, R., Ghorbani, A.A., Pasi, G., Yamaguchi, T., Yen, N.Y., Jin, B. (eds) Active Media Technology. AMT 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7669. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35236-2_29

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