Craw: A Unified and Efficient Querying Framework for Large-Scale Video Datasets

vldb26-2939 · Regular Research · Ziqi Zhou, Hanjian Jiang, Zihao Zeng, Xupuzhe Shao, Zichen Xu
Abstract

The ubiquitous deployment of cameras has led to explosive growth of video data, creating an urgent need to explore valuable content. Single-level queries are insufficient to extract comprehensive information, raising the demand for multi-level queries (existence, dynamic, similarity) within a single unified system. However, limited by the high complexity and redundancy of video, existing systems usually support single-level queries, while Vision-Language Models that support multi-level queries incur prohibitive computational overhead, making them infeasible for large-scale video datasets. To address these issues, we propose Craw, a framework for efficient multi-level queries on large-scale video datasets. Specifically, Craw (1) designs the Video Semantic Unit to encapsulate video semantics, (2) develops a semantic-preserving video segmentation algorithm, and (3) constructs a hybrid index framework integrating an inverted index with a cluster index layer for efficient query execution. Experimental results show that Craw outperforms the state-of-the-art (SOTA) by reducing query latency up to two orders of magnitude, while effectively supporting multi-level queries.

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