Survey on Sketch Based Image Retrieval

Sketch Based Image Retrieval technique is used to retrieve the images from database, Based on Sketch as query image, There are several techniques which are used to retrieve images, Such as content based image retrieval, Text based image retrieval, Sketch Based Image Retrieval. Among Sketch base image retrieval technique is one of the popular and most efficient method used to retrieve the images from the database. It’s useful when there is no natural scene query image, to draw the query sketch need not to have high drawing skills, a rough hand written sketch composed of black and white is enough to retrieve relevant images from database. Sketch based image retrieval technique is used in our day to day life, In the fields of Biometric Security, Shapes Identification, Medical diagnosis – Tumors detection, Investigation – helps the police to detect the culprit, Search engines etc. In this survey paper we have summarizes different Sketch based methods used to retrieve the images, and comparison among them.