Smart image design for large image databases
Abstract We propose an active image information system based upon the concept of smart images. A smart image is an image with an associated knowledge structure, consisting of protocols, hot spots, active indexes and attributes. This active image information system enables us to accomplish the objectives of timely delivery and easy accessibility by handling long-duration operations and supporting unitary image information usage. The experimental prototype of the smart image system is described.
Fast growth of search engines' popularity shows the users attraction to the Web engines. However there is a chance of misinterpretation for ambiguous queries. At this point, we propose a more adherence user interface which consist of a relevant visual content as well as generating new search snippet and title. Recent researches for meeting this aim are focused on a whole page thumbnail for assisting users to remember a recently visited Web page. Withal, this is not discussed yet that how a specific visual content of a page can allow users to distinguish between a useful and worthless page in the result page especially in an ambiguous search task. Our studya shows that the improvement in both textual search snippet and title as well as the additional thumbnail were helpful for users to clarify the Search Engine Result Page (SERP) in an ambiguous search task.