基于卷积神经网络和监督核哈希的图像检索方法

Image Retrieval Based on Convolutional Neural Network and Kernel-Based Supervised Hashing

当前主流的图像检索方法采用的视觉特征,缺乏自主学习能力,导致其图像表达能力不强,此外,传统的特征索引方法检索效率较低,难以适用于大规模图像数据.针对这些问题,本文提出了一种基于卷积神经网络和监督核哈希的图像检索方法.首先,利用卷积神经网络的学习能力挖掘训练图像内容的内在隐含关系,提取图像深层特征,增强特征的视觉表达能力和区分性;然后,利用监督核哈希方法对高维图像深层特征进行监督学习,并将高维特征映射到低维汉明空间中,生成紧致的哈希码;最后,在低维汉明空间中完成对大规模图像数据的有效检索.在Image Net-1000和Caltech-256数据集上的实验结果表明,本文方法能够有效地增强图像特征的表达能力,提高图像检索效率,优于当前主流方法.

The visual features of the state-of-the-art image retrieval methods lack of learning ability,which lead to lowexpression ability. And the efficiency of traditional index methods is fairly lowfor large image database. In viewof this,an image retrieval method based on convolutional neural network and kernel-based supervised Hashing is proposed. Firstly,a large convolutional neural network is employed to learn the intrinsic implications of training images so as to improve the distinguish ability and expression ability of visual feature. Secondly,kernel-based supervised Hashing is applied to learn from the high-dimensional visual feature and map into low-dimensional hamming space and achieve compact Hash codes. Finally,image retrieval is accomplished in low-dimensional hamming space. Experimental results of Image Net-1000 and Caltech-256 datasets indicate that the expression ability of visual feature is effectively improved and the image retrieval performance is substantially boosted compared with the state-of-the-art methods.