Data modeling and management in sequential image databases: a temporal object-oriented approach

In this paper, a temporal object-oriented approach has been explored for data modeling and management in sequential image databases. "The wood panel deformation measurement and analysis database" is taken as a case study for understanding this sort of complex database application. A generalized temporal object-oriented data model has been presented in which the object-oriented modeling capability supports the integration of data, text and images, timestamps support the sequential images, and methods are used for data processing. A query algebra has been defined for the model. This algebra allows query and data manipulation. The database support for automatic sequential image deformation analysis has also been investigated.