An integrated framework for semantic annotation and adaptation

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-363

  Bertini, M ^a   Cucchiara, R ^b   Del Bimbo, A ^a   Prati, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Event detection; Motion segmentation; Performance evaluation; Semantic adaptation; Semantic annotation; Semantic transcoding; Video adaptation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA REDUCTION; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION USE; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

EVENT DETECTION; MOTION SEGMENTATION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SEMANTIC ADAPTATION; SEMANTIC ANNOTATION; SEMANTIC TRANSCODING; VIDEO ADAPTATION;

SEMANTICS;

EID: 22144491547     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11042-005-0893-y     Document Type: Article

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