Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Edge and Gradient Orientation Features of an Object in an Image From Database

Abstract In this work, we present a combination of edge feature and distribution of the gradient orientation of an object technique for content-based image retrieval (CBIR). First, the bidimensional empirical mode decomposition (BEMD) technique is employed to get the edge features of an image. Later, the information about the gradient orientation is obtained by the histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) descriptor. These two features are extracted from the images and stored in the database for further usage. When the user submits the query image, the features are extracted in same way and compared with the features of the data set images. Based on the similarity, the relevant images have been selected as a resultant set. These images are ranked from higher similarity to lower similarity and displayed on the user interface. The experiments are carried out using the Columbia Object Image Library (COIL-100) dataset. The COIL-100 database is a collection of 7200 color images belonging to 100 various objects, each with 72 different orientations. Our proposed method results are high with precision and recall values of 93.00 and 77.70, respectively. Taken individually, the precision and recall values for BEMD are 82.25 and 68.54 and for HOG are 85.00, 71.10, respectively. The observation from the experimental result is that the combined method performs better than the individual methods. Experiments are conducted in the presence of noise, and the robustness of the method is verified.