VDBMS processes video for content representation and uses the indexed content to support video query, search and retrieval. A video is a sequence of frames -- and the video frame sequence can be divided into shots using image processing techniques or by a domain expert.
VDBMS image processing for content representation and indexing supports (1) video shot detection, (2) feature extraction -- per frame and per shot, (3) key frame extraction, with one key frame representing each detected shot. VDBMS also supports the assignment of annotations and keywords to video shots for semantic content representation. The video, with its image and semantic-based content representation, are stored in VDMBS to support query and retrieval though the query interface.

FeatureExtraction extracts the features (per shot and per frame) and the key frames. SQLGen generates the SQL statements that insert the features, the video shots and the key frames into VDBMS. WinClient-ICDE is a windows client through which the user may access and query the video database. vdbms itself is built on top of the UNIX version of Predator.

Needed DLLs

• jpgdll.dll
• mfc42d
• mfco42d
• msvcrtd.dll

VDBMS Binaries

• FeatureExtraction.exe
• SQLGen.exe
• WinClient-ICDE.exe

VDBMS Source Code

• vdbms1.1.tar.gz
• FeatureExtraction.zip
• SQLGen.zip
• WinClient-ICDE.zip