The following is a large database of closed binary shapes collected by the LEMS Vision Group at Brown University, under Professor Ben Kimia.
The sources for this material were:
All of the shapes on this site were collected between May and September of 2002
Note: A pre-processed, color copy does exist for each image on this site; write kimia@lems.brown.edu if needed.
Large Unsorted Image Collections:
Collection # 1 (4k)Sorted Categories:
Aliens
Ancient_Weapons
Animalheads
Baggage
Basketball_Player
Birds
Birds_II
Bows_and_Arrows
Breads
Bugs
Buildings
Butterflies
Butterflies_II
Caricatures
Cartoon_Heads
Cartoon_Heads_II
Cartoon_Kids
Cartoon_Kids_II
Cartoon_Men
Cartoon_Ppl
Cartoon_Ppl_II
Cartoon_Ppl_III
Cats
Cellphones
Changing_Stall
Clothing
Coffee_Mugs
Coffee_Pitchers
Commandos
Containers
Cook_at_Work
Countries
Crabs
Crowded_Desk
Crowns
Desserts
Dinos
Dinos_II
Dinos_III
Dinos_IV
Dog_Heads
Dogs
Dogs_II
Dogs_III
Elegant_Women
Elegant_Women_II
Elegant_Women_III
Faces
Faces_II
Female_Busts
Female_figures
Fish
Fish_II
Fish_III
Fish_IV
Flags
Flowers
Flowers_II
Foods
Fruitnvegetables
Fruitnvegetables_II
Garden_Objects
Girls
Golf_Putters
Gowns
Hands
Hockey_Players
Home_Electronics
Home_Electronics_II
Household_Furniture
Household_Furniture_II
Human_Heads
Human_Heads_II
Human_Heads_III
Human_upper_body
Insects
Insects_II
Instruments
Irregular_Shape
Jackets
Japanese_Buildings
Japanese_dishes
Kitchen_Objects
Lamps
Lawnmowers
Male_Figures
Meals
Medical_Equipment
Medieval
Men_at_Work
Menoras
Misc_Animal
Misc_Animal_II
Monster_Heads
Mythical_Beasts
OceanPlants
Office_Equipment
Office_People
Office_Supplies
Overworked
Pants
Patchy_Shape
People
Person_at_Computer
Planets_n_Stars
Plants
Potato_Heads
Rectanglish_Shape
Robots
Rodents
Satellites
Sea_Creatures
Shapes
Shoes
Shrooms
Snakes
Stars
Stars_II
Stars_III
States
Superman
Thought_Bubbles
Toddlers
Tools
Toon_Animals
Toon_Figures
Tractors
Trees
Turbaned_Head
Turtles
Vased_Plants
Vases
Womens_Heads