The new integrated color and texture based image retrieval using neuro-fuzzy approach
22 Jul 2009-pp 1-8
TL;DR: In this paper, a color and texture based neural network -fuzzy logic approach for content based image retrieval using 2D-wavelet transform was proposed, which improved the retrieval performance by learning and searching capability of the neural network combined with the fuzzy interpretation.
Abstract: In this paper we introduce the new integrated color and texture based image retrieval technique using neuro-fuzzy approach for content based image retrieval. Most of the image retrieval systems are still incapable of providing retrieval result with high retrieval accuracy and less computational complexity. To address this problem, we developed color and texture based neural network -fuzzy logic approach for content based image retrieval using 2D-wavelet transform. The system performance improved by the learning and searching capability of the neural network combined with the fuzzy interpretation. This overcomes the vagueness and inconsistency due to human subjectivity. Multiresolution analysis using 2D-DWT can decompose the image into components at different scales, so that the coarest scale components carry the global approximation information while the finer scale components contain the detailed information. The empirical results show that the precision improved from 67% to 98% and average recall rate of 67% to 98% for the general purpose database size of 10000 images compared with existing approaches.
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21 Oct 2013
TL;DR: A new fuzzy based approach for word level script identification of text in low resolution images of display boards is presented that is robust and insensitive to the variations in size and style of font, number of characters, thickness and spacing between characters, noise, and other degradations.
Abstract: Automated systems for understanding low resolution images of display boards are facilitating several new applications such as blind assistants, tour guide systems, location aware systems and many more. Script identification at character/word level is one of the very important pre-processing steps for development of such systems prior to further image analysis. In this paper, a new fuzzy based approach for word level script identification of text in low resolution images of display boards is presented. The proposed methodology uses horizontal run statistics and wavelet features for distinguishing 5 Indian scripts namely; Hindi, Kannada, English, Malyalam and Tamil. The method works in two phases; In the first phase, the wavelet transform based texture features such as zone wise wavelet energy features, vertical run statistical features of wavelet coefficients and wavelet log mean deviation features of decomposed energy bands at 2 levels are obtained from training word images and crisp sets are constructed, one for each script/language under study. The second phase is testing, in which test word image is processed to obtain horizontal run statistics to determine whether it belongs to Hindi script. Otherwise, the word image is processed to obtain a crisp vector. The degree of belongingness of crisp vector with each candidate object in the crisp sets is determined using newly devised fuzzy membership function. Further, fuzzy inference scheme is used to identify the script of the test word image. The proposed method is robust and insensitive to the variations in size and style of font, number of characters, thickness and spacing between characters, noise, and other degradations. The proposed method achieves an overall script identification accuracy of 94.33% and individual identification accuracy of 100% for Hindi Script, 98.67% for Kannada Script, 100% for English, 89% for Malyalam and 84% for Tamil Script.
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