<p>The classic application of scene recognition algorithms is the classify the image content into semantically meaningful entities in order to understand the image content. Then one could use content-based indexing to categorise the images for latter retrieval. Imagine a google for images which is not based on the name of the image and the context in which the images is found (such as page it's on and the tags), but rather based on the image content.</p>

<p>One older reference is A. Vailaya, M. Figueiredo, A. Jain and H.-J. Zhang, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/83.892448" rel="nofollow">Image classification for content-based indexing</a>, IEEE Trans. Image Processing, 10(1):117-130, 2001.</p>

<p>Being able to recognise images has applications for automatic tour guides too. For instance, this <a href="http://ipal.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/doc/publications/lim07_ICME_scene.pdf" rel="nofollow">paper</a> explores such a scenario: see the Eiffel tower, your camera phone will give you information about the Eiffel tower.</p>

<p>Another one is <a href="http://www.pptsearch.net/real-time-scene-recognition-for-lost-robot-localization.html" rel="nofollow"><em>Lost Robot Localization</em></a>. </p>

<p>There are undoubtedly many more applications, if you do some reference/citation chasing from these papers.</p>

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<p>One common application is for use with automatic mode cameras. They can recognize the scene categories and then adjust the camera parameters to take the best shot of the scene.</p>

<p>I am wondering what the other applications of scene recognition might be. Any pointers would be helpful.</p>

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definitely out of scope. Please see http://meta.cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/119/our-domain-scope-specifically-defined for the topics that are covered here.
Suresh Venkat
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@Suresh: can you suggest a better place on SO family to ask this question?
Lazer
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SO seems to be the best place for this kind of question.
András Salamon
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I don't know really. At some point there was a proposal for ML in the area51 list, but I don't know its current status.
Suresh Venkat
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What are the applications of scene recognition algorithms?
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# What are the applications of scene recognition algorithms?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2010-10-03)

One common application is for use with automatic mode cameras. They can recognize the scene categories and then adjust the camera parameters to take the best shot of the scene.

I am wondering what the other applications of scene recognition might be. Any pointers would be helpful.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: definitely out of scope. Please see http://meta.cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/119/our-domain-scope-specifically-defined for the topics that are covered here.  
> **username_0**: @Suresh: can you suggest a better place on SO family to ask this question?  
> **username_2**: SO seems to be the best place for this kind of question.  
> **username_1**: I don't know really. At some point there was a proposal for ML in the area51 list, but I don't know its current status.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2010-10-03. Score: 3

The classic application of scene recognition algorithms is the classify the image content into semantically meaningful entities in order to understand the image content. Then one could use content-based indexing to categorise the images for latter retrieval. Imagine a google for images which is not based on the name of the image and the context in which the images is found (such as page it's on and the tags), but rather based on the image content.

One older reference is A. Vailaya, M. Figueiredo, A. Jain and H.-J. Zhang, [Image classification for content-based indexing](http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/83.892448), IEEE Trans. Image Processing, 10(1):117-130, 2001.

Being able to recognise images has applications for automatic tour guides too. For instance, this [paper](http://ipal.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/doc/publications/lim07_ICME_scene.pdf) explores such a scenario: see the Eiffel tower, your camera phone will give you information about the Eiffel tower.

Another one is [*Lost Robot Localization*](http://www.pptsearch.net/real-time-scene-recognition-for-lost-robot-localization.html).

There are undoubtedly many more applications, if you do some reference/citation chasing from these papers.


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