Title :
Visualization methods for personal photo collections: browsing and searching in the PhotoFinder
Author :
Kang, Hyunmo ; Shneiderman, Ben
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Software tools for personal photo collection management are proliferating, but they usually have limited searching and browsing functions. We implemented the PhotoFinder prototype to enable non-technical users of personal photo collections to search and browse easily. PhotoFinder provides a set of visual Boolean query interfaces, coupled with dynamic query and query preview features. It gives users powerful search capabilities. Using a scatter plot thumbnail display and drag-and-drop interface, PhotoFinder is designed to be easy to use for searching and browsing photos
Keywords :
image retrieval; personal computing; user interfaces; visual databases; PhotoFinder; browsing; digital photo library; drag-and-drop interface; dynamic query; personal photo collections; photo collection management; query preview; scatter plot thumbnail display; searching; software tools; visual Boolean query interfaces; visualization methods; Computer science; Displays; Educational institutions; Filters; Histograms; Prototypes; Scattering; Software libraries; User interfaces; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia and Expo, 2000. ICME 2000. 2000 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6536-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICME.2000.871061
