An image retrieval with color and texture features of image sub-blocks

Each image is partitioned into 4×6 grids of equal-sized sub-blocks. The size of the sub-block is maintained as 64x64 pixels. Further the size of the sub-block is fixed for all the images. Then the color and texture features of each sub-block are computed. A color feature descriptor Local AutoCorrelogram (LAC) which is invariant to translation and occlusion is proposed to represent the color of the sub-block. Similarly, the texture of the sub-block is extracted based on Edge Oriented Gray Tone Spatial Dependency Matrix (EOGTSDM) of an image. An image matching scheme based on Integrated Minimum Cost Sub-block Matching (IMCSM) principle is used to compare the query and the target image, which in turn reduces the cost of finding the integrated matching distance. The adjacency matrix of a bipartite graph is formed using the sub-blocks of query and target image, which is used for matching the images. To further improve the quality of retrieval, a Relevance Feedback approach based on a feature re-weighting scheme is used to improve the retrieval accuracy. The experimental results show that this method has improved retrieval precision and recall.

Dr.Kavitha.Chaduvula obtained her Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering at JNTUK, Kakinada. Dr.Kavitha is working as a professor of Computer Science and Engineering department in Gudlavalleru Engineering college. Dr.Kavitha has 13 years of teaching experience and published 15 papers in international/national journals and conferences.