Semantic image analysis based on the representation of the spatial relations between objects in images

Abstract

The number of images available on the world wide web has grown enormously, because of the increasing use of scanners, digital cameras and camera-phones. Consequently, the efficient retrieval of images from the web is necessary. Most existing image retrieval systems are based on the text or content associated with the image. In this paper, we propose a semantic image analysis for the semantic web. We use the description about the image and try to represent it using OWL. We also define new axioms for representing the spatial relationships based on the spatial description logics. © Springer-Verlag 2004.