Color Retrieval Using HSV Centroid Method: Early References and Literature

The earliest English literature on color retrieval using 'HSV centroid' method cannot be determined as it is a widely used technique and has been studied and published by numerous researchers over the years. However, some early references include:

1. R. M. Haralick, K. Shanmugam, and I. Dinstein, 'Textural Features for Image Classification,' IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 610-621, Nov. 1973.

2. R. C. Gonzales and R. E. Woods, Digital Image Processing, 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2008.

3. R. Jain, R. Kasturi, and B. G. Schunck, Machine Vision. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.

4. M. Flickner, H. Sawhney, W. Niblack, J. Ashley, Q. Huang, B. Dom, M. Gorkani, J. Hafner, D. Lee, D. Petkovic, D. Steele, and P. Yanker, 'Query by Image and Video Content: The QBIC System,' IEEE Computer, vol. 28, no. 9, pp. 23-32, Sep. 1995.