Imagine: effective retrieval from a remote image database

A project (nicknamed Imagine) under development at CEFRIEL is presented. The main scope of Imagine is the study of a service of image retrieval from a remote database, accomplished by means of direct experimentation on a functionally complete laboratory system prototype. Response time seems to be the most influencing factor from the point of view of man-machine interaction, and thus constitutes the focus of the investigation. Scalability. that is the ability of maintaining the service in a wide range of workstations, is also considered a key issue. Network digital rates are discussed