eTRIMS - E-Training for Interpreting Images of Man-Made Scenes
 
eTRIMS
     
project results:

Scene interpretation using learnt concepts

Lothar Hotz and Kasim Terzić
Cognitive Systems Laboratory
University of Hamburg
June, 2008

The system SCENIC ("SCENe Interpretation by Configuration") has been extended in several ways to handle learnt concepts in low-level and high-level scene interpretation processes.

  • A middle layer has been developed which mediates between low-level image analysis and high-level interpretation. It maps low-level data to specific object views and allows high-level hypotheses to control low-level processing.
  • A standardised interpretation process has been defined which combines bottom-up part-whole reasoning with  goal-dependent top-down processing and can cope with incomplete evidence.
  • Learnt concepts can be integrated in the SCENIC knowledge base using the Semantic Web language OWL.
  • A GUI has been implemented to control and visualise the interpretation process.


References

[1] L. Hotz, B. Neumann, K.Terzić
High-level Expectations for Low-level Image Processing. Proc. KI-2008, Springer, 2008
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[2] R. Möller, B. Neumann
Ontology-Based Reasoning Techniques for Multimedia Interpretation and Retrieval. In: Y. Kompatsiaris, P. Hobson (Eds.): Semantic Multimedia and Ontologies: Theory and Applications, Springer 2008, 55-98,(final draft)
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