Sketch-based manga retrieval using manga109 dataset

• Published in: Multimedia tools and applications Vol. 76; no. 20; pp. 21811 - 21838
• Main Authors: Matsui, Yusuke, Ito, Kota, Aramaki, Yuji, Fujimoto, Azuma, Ogawa, Toru, Yamasaki, Toshihiko, Aizawa, Kiyoharu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Artists; Comics; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Data Structures and Information Theory; Datasets; Image management; Image retrieval; Interactive systems; Manga; Multimedia Information Systems; Searching; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Retrieval; Sketch; Dataset; Manga

Manga (Japanese comics) are popular worldwide. However, current e-manga archives offer very limited search support, i.e., keyword-based search by title or author. To make the manga search experience more intuitive, efficient, and enjoyable, we propose a manga-specific image retrieval system. The pro...