Mimicking human texture classification

Eva M. van Rikxoort; Egon L. van den Broek; Theo E. Schouten

doi:10.1117/12.587942

18 March 2005 Mimicking human texture classification

Eva M. van Rikxoort, Egon L. van den Broek, Theo E. Schouten

Proceedings Volume 5666, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging X; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.587942
Event: Electronic Imaging 2005, 2005, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In an attempt to mimic human (colorful) texture classification by a clustering algorithm three lines of research have been encountered, in which as test set 180 texture images (both their color and gray-scale equivalent) were drawn from the OuTex and VisTex databases. First, a k-means algorithm was applied with three feature vectors, based on color/gray values, four texture features, and their combination. Second, 18 participants clustered the images using a newly developed card sorting program. The mutual agreement between the participants was 57% and 56% and between the algorithm and the participants it was 47% and 45%, for respectively color and gray-scale texture images. Third, in a benchmark, 30 participants judged the algorithms' clusters with gray-scale textures as more homogeneous then those with colored textures. However, a high interpersonal variability was present for both the color and the gray-scale clusters. So, despite the promising results, it is questionable whether average human texture classification can be mimicked (if it exists at all).

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Eva M. van Rikxoort, Egon L. van den Broek, and Theo E. Schouten "Mimicking human texture classification", Proc. SPIE 5666, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging X, (18 March 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.587942

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