July 30, 2010
Graphics Tech
Search for an image using an image
TinEye.com offers a unique tool for searching out images: photographs, illustrations, logos, and so on. You show it an image--by uploading a file or pasting in an image url--and TinEye finds other occurrences of the same image in various places around the Web. As you will see, it is a technology being used in a growing number of commercial applications.
Why would you use it? To find the source of a photograph or illustration, to find modified versions of the same image, to find a higher resolution version of the image, and so on.
As you'll see, Idée (the maker), is developing all kinds of interesting image recognition technology. Worth a look.
Another interesting project from Idée: Multicolor Search Lab...
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