# Hierarchy-of-Visual-Words: a Learning-based Approach for Trademark Image Retrieval

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.02786 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1908.02786/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 7 Aug 2019.

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- [Multi-Label Logo Recognition and Retrieval based on Weighted Fusion of Neural Features](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2205.05419/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In this paper, we present the Hierarchy-of-Visual-Words (HoVW), a novel trademark image retrieval (TIR) method that decomposes images into simpler geometric shapes and defines a descriptor for binary trademark image representation by encoding the hierarchical arrangement of component shapes. The proposed hierarchical organization of visual data stores each component shape as a visual word. It is capable of representing the geometry of individual elements and the topology of the trademark image, making the descriptor robust against linear as well as to some level of nonlinear transformation. Experiments show that HoVW outperforms previous TIR methods on the MPEG-7 CE-1 and MPEG-7 CE-2 image databases.