Path: katsu From: katsu@sra.co.jp (WATANABE Katsuhiro) Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 1995 05:35:14 GMT Organization: Software Research Associates, Inc., Japan Distribution: Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,sci.image.processing Subject: Image Searcher: searching images without textual keywords. A prototyped version of `Image Searcher' is now open to the public. It retrieves images (i.e., icons, graphics, scanned photos) based on several image analysis techniques. The search is not based on any pre-associated text descriptions such as file-names or category-names. It allows you to retrieve images by specifying attributes such as darkness, color, or shape as selection criteria. You can get the prototype from: ftp.sra.co.jp:/pub/lang/smalltalk/ipa/PrototypeIPA0.02.sea.hqx is the original distribution kit (for Mac users). ftp.sra.co.jp:/pub/lang/smalltalk/ipa/PrototypeIPA0.02.tar.gz is almost same as above but will be convenient for UNIX/DOS users. Other than the source code itself, you need the followings in order to run the program: * `VisualWorks 2.0' (One of most popular Smalltalk system), * approximately 60M of disk space, and * at least 20M of memory. It must be frustrating for you if the display cannot handle 256 colors or more. The program is developed as a part of the IPA multimedia project, sponsored by Information Technology Promotion Agency, MITI, Japan. It is written in Smalltalk by Atsushi Aoki and the source code is distributed under the terms of `GNU General Public License.' -- WATANABE Katsuhiro Software Research Associates, Inc. (Tokyo JAPAN)