Content-based Image Retrieval Using Fuzzy Hamming Distance

This paper addresses an effective issue of content-based image retrieval (CBIR) by presenting fuzzy Hamming distance (FHD). Firstly, the theory of FHD is introduced, which includes degree of difference and cardinality of the fuzzy set, and then follows defuzzification of FHD which is used as a fuzzy similarity measure. In the experiment, the image retrieval results show this method can be employed to capture implicitly some semantic contents of the image in addition to other features such as color, texture and shape. Finally, an implemented prototype system demonstrates a promising retrieval performance for a test database, as compared with FUZZYCLUB system.