SIMPLIcity Architecture

Image Semantics

Four levels

• Semantic Types

Landscape Photograph, Textured/Graph Image



• Object Composition

Sunset, Car Parked on a Beach



• Abstract Semantics

People Fighting, Happy Person



• Detailed Semantics

Detailed Description of a Given image

Combine Semantic Classification and Image Retrieval

Narrow down the searching range in the database

Classification Examples for Picture Libraries

• Graph vs Photograph
• Textured vs Non-textured
• Indoor vs Outdoor
• Objectionable vs Benign