中文摘要
當生命的重要時刻都記錄在相片中，回顧過去和展望未來便同等重要。許多工具利用照片的拍攝時間來協助使用者瀏覽照片。但是當人們開始分享照片，使用照片的時間資訊變得不可行。因此，我們提出兩種以視覺相似性為根據的照片瀏覽架構，以避免使用時間資訊造成的混淆。
環狀瀏覽將照片排列出一維環狀的順序，此順序可以從任一張照片開始，完整瀏覽收藏中的所有照片一遍，並保證整體的視覺不相似性是最小的，也就是，連續的照片會是盡可能相似的景物。格狀瀏覽提供二維的瀏覽，在這個瀏覽中，代表照片被挑選出來，安排成格狀的結構，用以有效地呈現整個收藏的概況。其他非代表照片會依相似性被隱藏在代表照片之下，如此一來，放在一起的照片多半是相似的景物，而收藏的細節也可由此取得。
實驗結果顯示我們的方法能有效地在大小不同的螢幕上呈現大量收藏。評量結果顯示，給定一張照片進行搜尋，環狀瀏覽及格狀瀏覽的搜尋能力皆足以提供可接受的搜尋結果。

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