Abstract

This paper describes an example case where the PicSOM general-purpose content-based image retrieval system is applied onto a task of browsing electronic mail order catalogues. The images are indexed by their visual features calculated after segmenting the images into object and background. Colour and shape features are extracted from the foreground objects. The images are browsed by querying the image database through the normal web-based user interface of the PicSOM system. The special needs and possibilities of the narrow application domain are observed and some improvements are outlined. 1

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