Complexity of indexing: Efficient and learnable large database indexing

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

Object recognition starts from a set of image measurements (including locations of points, lines, surfaces, color, and shading), which provides access into a database where representations of objects are stored. We describe a complexity theory of indexing, a meta-analysis which identifies the best set of measurements (up to algebraic transformations) such that: (1) the representation of objects are linear subspaces and thus easy to learn; (2) direct indexing is efficient since the linear subspaces are of minimal rank. The index complexity is determined via a simple process, equivalent to computing the rank of a matrix. We readily re-derive the index complexity of the few previously analyzed cases. We then compute the best index for new cases: 6 points in one perspective image, and 6 directions in one para-perspective image; the most efficient representation of a color is a plane in 3D space. For future applications with any vision problem where the relations between shape and image measurements can be written down in an algebraic form, we give an automatic process to construct the most efficient database that can be directly obtained by learning from examples.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputer Vision – ECCV 1996 - 4th European Conference on Computer Vision, Proceedings
EditorsBernard Buxton, Roberto Cipolla
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages660-670
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)3540611223, 9783540611226
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996
Event4th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 1996 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Duration: 15 Apr 199618 Apr 1996

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1064
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference4th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 1996
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCambridge
Period15/04/9618/04/96

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1996.

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Complexity of indexing: Efficient and learnable large database indexing'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this