TEXRET: A Texture Retrieval System based on Soft- Computing Technologies

Abstract

To address the problem of texture retrieval from image databases the TEXRET system was developed. TEXRET (TEXture RETrieval) uses soft-computing technologies to allow an interactive communication with the user. TEXRET main features are: (i) direct access from the Internet, (ii) high interactivity, (iii) texture retrieval using human-like or fuzzy description of the textures, (iv) content-based texture retrieval using user-feedback, and (v) generation of the requested textures when these are not found in the database, which allows a growing of the database.