caa a22 4500 445322403 CHVBK 20180317142708.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00530-010-0220-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00530-010-0220-y Adding semantics to image-region annotations with the Name-It-Game [Elektronische Daten] [Jeroen Steggink, Cees Snoek] In this paper we present the Name-It-Game, an interactive multimedia game fostering the swift creation of a large data set of region-based image annotations. Compared to existing annotation games, we consider an added semantic structure, by means of the WordNet ontology, the main innovation of the Name-It-Game. Using an ontology-powered game, instead of the more traditional annotation tools, potentially makes region-based image labeling more fun and accessible for every type of user. However, the current games often present the players with hard-to-guess objects. To prevent this from happening in the Name-It-Game, we successfully identify WordNet categories which filter out hard-to-guess objects. To verify the speed of the annotation process, we compare the online Name-It-Game with a desktop tool with similar features. Results show that the Name-It-Game outperforms this tool for semantic region-based image labeling. Lastly, we measure the accuracy of the produced segmentations and compare them with carefully created LabelMe segmentations. Judging from the quantitative and qualitative results, we believe the segmentations are competitive to those of LabelMe, especially when averaged over multiple games. By adding semantics to region-based image annotations, using the Name-It-Game, we have opened up an efficient means to provide precious labels in a playful manner. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Image-region annotation nationallicence Ontology nationallicence Labeling game nationallicence Steggink Jeroen University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Snoek Cees University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Multimedia Systems Springer-Verlag 17/5(2011-10-01), 367-378 0942-4962 17:5<367 2011 17 530 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00530-010-0220-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00530-010-0220-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Steggink Jeroen University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Snoek Cees University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Multimedia Systems Springer-Verlag 17/5(2011-10-01), 367-378 0942-4962 17:5<367 2011 17 530 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer