Project 1

Mei-Chen Yeh03/13/2012

Searching landmark photos

• Data (around 720 images)– 90 (18 * 5) folders, each has 8 images

Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall

NTNU Gong-Guan campus

Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto

Yeh Liu

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National Palace Museum

Marina Bay Sands in Singapore

Hsing Tian Temple

Uppsala Domkyrka

Task

• Search landmark photos

Database Images (720)

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Task

• Search landmark photos

Database Images (720)

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A real-world situation

Issues

• Image representation• A similarity function (or distance function) of

two images

• Indexing the database for efficient searches

Evaluation

• Bull’s eye test– For each image in the database, compare to every

images (including the query image), and count the number of correct matches in top 16

– Accuracy = # correct matches / # possible hits (5,760 = 720*8 in this case)

• Search time

Presentation

• Scheduled on April 10, 2012• 20% of the overall grade, with the following

evaluation components:– Technical depth– Novelty– Presentation

• 10-15 minutes, in English

Make a work plan now!

• Start early• No cheating• Deliver a working system