... have a look at the JAVA-APPLET, demonstrating the curve evolution...
... and its robustness with respect to distortion.
... see some results of our shape matching algorithm.
... start the ISS Image Search Database.The topic of our work is the search for similar shapes in image databases, decomposition of 2D-objects into parts of visual form, and automatic abstraction of the boundary curve by discrete curve evolution.
For those who want to get a glimpse at our work it might be interesting to...
... have a look at the JAVA-APPLET, demonstrating the curve evolution...
... and its robustness with respect to distortion.
... see some results of our shape matching algorithm.
... start the ISS Image Search Database.Click on the corresponding buttons on the left to get further information.
Tangent Space RepresentationThe shape, given as a digital polygon, is transformed into a handier representation.
Curve EvolutionThe shape gets abstracted to a representation which only contains the main features.
Shape
DecompositionWe decompose the shape automatically into visually important parts.
Shape MatchingA measure for the similarity between different shapes is derived.
Application - An Image DatabaseA first application is an image database, where the query can be given as a graphical sketch.
Papers Papers related to our work.