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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1999
June Kim, Daejon-Shi, KR;
Dae Young Hur, Daejon-Shi, KR;
Jin Soo Lee, Daejon-Shi, KR;
Jae Soo Yoo, Chongju-Shi, KR;
Seok Hee Lee, Chongju-Shi, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejon-shi, KR;
Abstract
An insertion method in a high-dimensional index structure for a content-based image retrieval is disclosed, in which a desired image can be efficiently searched when there is formed a high-dimensional image database. In the present invention, the basic properties of the CIR tree are utilized, and at the same time, a splitting algorithm having a superior search efficiency over the conventional CIR tree is employed. Further, an effective standard for choosing lower nodes is provided, and a re-insertion algorithm capable of re-inserting based on a weighted center is employed, thereby forming an ECIR (Extended CIR) as a high-dimensional index structure supporting efficient retrieval performance. That is, a splitting algorithm for the branch nodes and the terminal nodes are adopted so as to improve the efficiency when carrying out the search and insertion. The re-insertion objects are chose based on the weighted center when the nodes overflow. According to the present invention, the images can be efficiently searched when an image information containing many feature dimensions is formed into a database.