Navigating from images using generic links based on image content
Paul H. Lewis, Joseph K. P. Kuan, Stephen T. Perry, Mark R. Dobie, Hugh Davis, Wendy Hall · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1997
Although content based retrieval of images is increasingly common, the use of media content as a basis for navigation has received relatively little attention. In this paper we describe our recent development of facilities in the MAVIS/Microcosm architecture for generic link authoring and following from non-text media and in particular, the use of shape and texture for content based navigation from images. Applications from a product catalogue and an archaeological collection are presented, together with an outline of an image viewer providing rapid delineation of object shapes in images when authoring or following links.