Generic Graphical User Interface for CBIR Framework

Content-based image retrieval system (CBIR) is a well-known and widely used system for image retrieval. Most of the current CBIR systems are either command-based or specific to applications. However, due to the availability of a good computing facility, a graphical way of retrieving images may prove to be very useful for both industrial and research purposes. This paper proposes a generic and user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) for CBIR framework. With the proposed GUI, any user with or without knowledge of CBIR can operate and retrieve images of their choice among a huge number of images. The GUI gives a vast range of facilities for selecting options. The proposed GUI is implemented and verified on a well-known image database.