Large interactive database: design and implementation

Ricardo Peralta-Fabi; Alejandro Peralta; Esau Vicente; Jorge M. Prado; C. Diaz

doi:10.1117/12.58495

1 April 1992 Large interactive database: design and implementation

Ricardo Peralta-Fabi, Alejandro Peralta, Esau Vicente, Jorge M. Prado, C. Diaz

Proceedings Volume 1662, Image Storage and Retrieval Systems; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58495
Event: SPIE/IS&T 1992 Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1992, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A database system is being integrated in order to store and interactively retrieve information from a several hundred Gbytes optical memory. The low cost, high reliability requirements for the development and maintenance phase of the system suggested a modular design based on a network server, optical server, and some 40 (80386 based) viewing consoles with touch screens, but no keyboard or other controls since they are exposed to use by the general public. Optical disks store graphics, video, stills, text, animation, and audio which are accessed through hypertext and interactive graphics while a somewhat simple expert analyzes and records data on various aspects of the user, such as general interests, common questions, sociological-educational, background, etc. This information is in turn used to adapt several parameters of information display: rate of flow, language style, number and type of control buttons, degree of detail, and others. The large quantity of video, still images, and different graphics formats, has made it necessary to optimize the information contained via reduction of colors/resolution, compression techniques, and recursive use of a basic set of displays and video segments. The paper presents the design in some detail, with general examples of system capabilities, growth, and applications.

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Ricardo Peralta-Fabi, Alejandro Peralta, Esau Vicente, Jorge M. Prado, and C. Diaz "Large interactive database: design and implementation", Proc. SPIE 1662, Image Storage and Retrieval Systems, (1 April 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58495

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