MIRACLES: Multimedia Information RetrievAl, CLassification, and Exploration System

Author

Endo, Susumu ; Shiitani, Shuichi ; Uehara, Yusuke ; Masumoto, Daiki ; Nagata, Shigemi

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

349

Abstract

This paper describes our multimedia information retrieval system, MIRACLES, for retrieving multimedia content such as web pages, business documents, and movies. MIRACLES creates information units, which are collections of related media items, such as an image and text explaining the image. MIRACLES arranges and displays the information units in 3-D space so that similar information units are located near each other. The user can narrow down the retrieval of the multimedia content by rearranging the information units in the display space. MIRACLES is already in practical use, and is employed in some commercial products and services. We are presently evaluating the use of MIRACLES by actual users.

Keywords

information retrieval; multimedia databases; 3D space; MIRACLES; Web pages; business documents; commercial products; commercial services; information units; movies; multimedia information classification; multimedia information exploration system; multimedia information retrieval system; Business; Content based retrieval; Displays; Image retrieval; Information retrieval; Information technology; Laboratories; Motion pictures; Multimedia systems; Web pages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia and Expo, 2002. ICME '02. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7304-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICME.2002.1035602

Filename

1035602