Visual Pattern Based Compressed Domain Image Retrieval

Abstract

While image retrieval and image compression have been pursued separately in the past, compressed domain techniques, which allow processing or retrieval of images without prior decompression, are becoming increasingly important. In this chapter we show that such midstream content access is possible and present a compressed domain retrieval method based on a visual pattern based compression algorithm. Experiments conducted on a medium sized image database demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the presented approach.