Abstract :
This paper presents methods for moving image sequence visualization and browsing based on algorithms from computer vision, information visualization and on a hierarchical model for content semantics. We introduce a new method, OM-Images, for the visualization of temporal changes in a moving image sequence. Together with interactive browsing techniques the visualization methods can be used for the exploration of a movie at different levels of abstraction. The proposed levels of abstraction are the physical, image, object or discourse level. The visualization is used to generate (1) static descriptions, which printed on paper yield a “movie book” and (2) interactive documents, e.g. Web pages or special movie browsers. Finally, we give examples of a movie book of a feature length film
Keywords :
computer vision; content-based retrieval; data visualisation; image sequences; OM-Images; Web pages; abstraction; algorithms; computer vision; content semantics; discourse level; feature length film; hierarchical model; image level; information visualisation; interactive browsing techniques; interactive documents; movie book; movie browsers; movie maps; moving image sequence browsing; moving image sequence visualisation; object level; physical level; temporal change visualisation;
