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[SAG+05]  Semanticons: Visual Metaphors as File Icons

Setlur:2005:SVM (Article)
Author(s)Setlur V., Albrecht-Buehler C., Gooch A., Rossoffa S. and Gooch B.
Title« Semanticons: Visual Metaphors as File Icons »
JournalComputer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of Eurographics 2005, Dublin, Ireland, August 29--September 2, 2005)
Volume24
Number3
Page(s)647--656
Year2005
URLhttp://cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~mario/publ/2005/foster-eg-05/

Abstract
Semanticons can enhance the representation of files by offering symbols that are both meaningful and easily distinguishable. The semantics of a file is estimated by parsing its name, location, and content to generate a ‘context’, which is used to query an image database. The resulting images are simplified by segmenting them, computing an importance value for each segmented region, and removing unimportant regions. The abstract look-and-feel of icons is achieved using non-photorealistic techniques for image stylization. We increase the effectiveness of the semanticons by compositing them with traditional and familiar interface icons. Two psychophysical studies using semanticons as stimuli demonstrate that semanticons decrease the time necessary to locate a file in a visual search task and enhance performance in a memory task.

BibTeX code
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  author = {Vidya Setlur and Conrad Albrecht-Buehler and Amy A. Gooch and Sam
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  journal = EUROGRAPHICS2005,
  volume = {24},
  abstract = {Semanticons can enhance the representation of files by offering
              symbols that are both meaningful and easily distinguishable. The
              semantics of a file is estimated by parsing its name, location,
              and content to generate a ‘context’, which is used to query an
              image database. The resulting images are simplified by segmenting
              them, computing an importance value for each segmented region, and
              removing unimportant regions. The abstract look-and-feel of icons
              is achieved using non-photorealistic techniques for image
              stylization. We increase the effectiveness of the semanticons by
              compositing them with traditional and familiar interface icons.
              Two psychophysical studies using semanticons as stimuli
              demonstrate that semanticons decrease the time necessary to locate
              a file in a visual search task and enhance performance in a memory
              task.},
  title = {{S}emanticons: {V}isual {M}etaphors as {F}ile {I}cons},
  pages = {647--656},
  year = {2005},
}

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