Browsing large image datasets through Voronoi diagrams
Conventional browsing of image collections use mechanisms such as thumbnails arranged on a regular grid or on a line, often mounted over a scrollable panel. However, this approach does not scale well with the size of the datasets (number of images). In this paper, we propose a new thumbnail-based in...
Veröffentlicht in: | IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - 16(2010), 6 vom: 15. Nov., Seite 1261-70 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics |
Schlagworte: | Journal Article |
Zusammenfassung: | Conventional browsing of image collections use mechanisms such as thumbnails arranged on a regular grid or on a line, often mounted over a scrollable panel. However, this approach does not scale well with the size of the datasets (number of images). In this paper, we propose a new thumbnail-based interface to browse large collections of images. Our approach is based on weighted centroidal anisotropic Voronoi diagrams. A dynamically changing subset of images is represented by thumbnails and shown on the screen. Thumbnails are shaped like general polygons, to better cover screen space, while still reflecting the original aspect ratios or orientation of the represented images. During the browsing process, thumbnails are dynamically rearranged, reshaped and rescaled. The objective is to devote more screen space (more numerous and larger thumbnails) to the parts of the dataset closer to the current region of interest, and progressively lesser away from it, while still making the dataset visible as a whole. During the entire process, temporal coherence is always maintained. GPU implementation easily guarantees the frame rates needed for fully smooth interactivity |
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Beschreibung: | Date Completed 14.12.2010 Date Revised 26.10.2010 published: Print Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1941-0506 |
DOI: | 10.1109/TVCG.2010.136 |