Title :
Using a 3D cylindrical interface for image browsing to improve visual search performance
Author :
Schoeffmann, Klaus ; Ahlström, David
Author_Institution :
Klagenfurt Univ., Klagenfurt, Austria
Abstract :
In this paper we evaluate a 3D cylindrical interface that arranges image thumbnails by visual similarity for the purpose of image browsing. Through a user study we compare the performance of this interface to the performance of a common scrollable 2D list of thumbnails in a grid arrangement. Our evaluation shows that the 3D Cylinder interface enables significantly faster visual search and is the preferred search interface for the majority of tested users.
Keywords :
image retrieval; user interfaces; 3D cylindrical interface; grid arrangement; image browsing; image thumbnails; search interface; visual search performance improvement; visual similarity; Image color analysis; Inspection; Layout; Multimedia communication; Software; Sorting; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS), 2012 13th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0791-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2158-5873
DOI :
10.1109/WIAMIS.2012.6226759
