The need for content-based access to image and video information from media archives has
captured the attention of researchers in recent years. Research efforts have led to the …

This paper adopts the premise that the'semantic gap'is an incompletely surveyed feature in
the landscape of visual image retrieval, and proposes a framework within which this …

A trademark image retrieval (TIR) system is proposed in this work to deal with the vast
number of trademark images in the trademark registration system. The proposed approach …

Content-based image retrieval (CBIR), which is aimed to search images from a large size
image database based on visual contents of images in an efficient and accurate way as per …

The Artisan system retrieves abstract trademark images by shape similarity. It analyzes each
image to characterize key shape components, grou** image regions into families that …

This paper gives an overview of the various available image databases and ways of
searching these databases on image contents. The developments in research groups of …

In this article, we discuss the potential benefits, the requirements and the challenges
involved in patent image retrieval and subsequently, we propose a framework that …

QBIC TM (Query By Image Content) is a set of technologies and associated software that
allows a user to search, browse, and retrieve image, graphic, and video data from large on …

Trademarks are distinctive visual symbols with high reputational value, due to the perception
of quality and innovation associated with them. They are important reputational assets used …

Recently, the intellectual property and information retrieval communities have shown
increasing interest in patent image retrieval, which could further enhance the current …