Title :
Query-by-Pictorial-Example
Author :
Chang, Ning-San ; Fu, King-Sun
Author_Institution :
Hewlett Packard Company
Abstract :
Query-by-Pictorial-Example is a relational query language introduced for manipulating queries regarding pictorial relations as well as conventional relations. In addition to the manipulating capabilities of the conventional query languages, queries can also be expressed in terms of pictorial examples through a display tenninal. Example queries are used to illustrate the language facilities.
Keywords :
Graphics; image processing; pictorial example; pictorial relations; query language; Database languages; Image databases; Image processing; Image recognition; Image storage; Information retrieval; Packaging; Relational databases; Remote sensing; Satellites; Graphics; image processing; pictorial example; pictorial relations; query language;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSE.1980.230801
