Paul H. Lewis, Hugh C. Davis, Steve R. Griffiths, Wendy Hall, Rob J. Wilkins The Multimedia Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, England, SO171BJ. E-mail phl@ecs.soton.ac.uk
This paper presents an overview of novel extensions to the Microcosm open hypermedia architecture which facilitate content based retrieval and navigation with non-textual media such as images, video and sound. MAVIS (Microcosm Architecture for Video, Image and Sound) extends the area of application of generic and computed links to non-textual media. Examples of the use of shape and colour for content based retrieval and navigation are presented.
Dr Paul Lewis
Dr Lewis leads a research team within the Multimedia Research Group in the Department of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. The Multimedia Research Group, to which all the authors belong, has been responsible for the development of Microcosm, an increasingly popular open architecture multimedia information system. His main research interests are image understanding, computer vision and their application to multimedia information handling. He has been involved in various projects which have attracted funding from the EPSRC including a current initiative to develop content based retrieval and navigation tools for non-text media. He is a senior lecturer in Computer Science.
Dr Paul H. Lewis, Dept. of Electronics and Computer Science, The University of Southampton, Southampton, SO95NH. Tel. 0703 593715 e-mail phl@uk.ac.soton.ecs Fax. 0703 593045