Message-Id: <199612171345.HAA10184@library.wustl.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:40:25 +0100 From: Levine Emil <mailto:levine@NEPO1.IAEA.OR.AT> Subject: Re: FINDING IMAGES IN A DATABASE To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Try excalibur. It can retrieve on images, including fingerprints and faces. ---------- From: IMAGELIB To: IMAGELIB Subject: Re: FINDING IMAGES IN A DATABASE Date: Tuesday, December 17, 1996 1:08PM>
> I've heard of something else (QBIS?) with a sketch pad facility (like
> Adobe Illustrator) to draw irregular shapes or click on a shape within
an > image to find. Has anyone else come across this and a supplier? I've done
a > Web search in MetaCrawler and Yahoo under QBIS which may be a misnomer.
> When I do a search doing image, serch, software I come up with 7 hits
which > includes VIRAGE, other stuff less relevant. Any guidance appreciated!
>
> Jennifer QCA
You could try QBIC (Query By Image Content), a form of pattern matching within databases. I'm not awar4e of any packages that may include this - I've only come across it as on-going research. Unfortunately I've no access to Web at the moment, but hope this is of some help.
Paul Sawtell Digital Libraries Research Centre Southampton University mailto:dlrc@soton.ac.uk