A scheme of colour image retrieval from databases

This paper presents a scheme of image retrieval from a database using queri es prompted by the colour and the shape of the objects present in different scenes. Of the whole scheme of image retrieval, we will focus attention on the modules that allow feature extraction of the component objects from th e scenes and the matching of the objects among the different images. The de fined scheme enables the indexing of images by measuring the similarity bet ween the integral objects. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserv ed.