Image Database System for Japanese KOSODE Garments on Japan Gigabit Networks

Abstract

A new image database system of Japanese KOSODE garments supplied from The National Museum of Japanese History was constructed for the effective distribution and display of high definition and super high definition still images, with the aid of the image retrieval. The new system is characterized by the automatic generation of the index images used for the image matching in the image retrieval, and the use of JPEG2000 for handling super-high definition still images. The automatic index image generation reduced the generation time from 35 min. to 110 sec. The system performance was actually tested over IPv4/IPv6 on the Japan Gigabit Networks.