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Re: Google Search By Image

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I wonder how it'll compare with TinEye.

Easy, indepently of how good is, just trying to fight against Google resources will crush TinEye. Today must be a terrible day for them.

Idee's business model has little to do with TinEye. They're probably not very worried.

Re: Google Search By Image

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I wonder how it'll compare with TinEye.

The article said the technology is very similar to Google Goggles. From what I could deduce, Goggles uses some kind of local invariant descriptors (like SIFT or SURF), and TinEye uses some kind of global descriptor (maybe something like this: http://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/432-Loo... ).

If that is right, Google will be able to retrieve different photos in which the same object appears, whereas TinEye only retrieves the same image, with or without some changes. So, they're quite different beasts.

Can't wait to see if I am right...

Re: Google Search By Image

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I wonder if this is based on the search-by-image that Google Goggles (on Android) already does.

Either way, hopefully they've improved it - I was never able to get Goggles to work very well at all (versus TinEye).

Re: Google Search By Image

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post #4

I wonder how it'll compare with TinEye.

The article said the technology is very similar to Google Goggles. From what I could deduce, Goggles uses some kind of local invariant descriptors (like SIFT or SURF), and TinEye uses some kind of global descriptor (maybe something like this: http://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/432-Loo... ). If that is right, Google will be able to retrieve different photos in which the same object appears, whereas T…

Actually, TinEye is pretty good at partial matching.

Re: Google Search By Image

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I wonder how it'll compare with TinEye.

I compared/contrasted TinEye against Google CBIR for a bunch of images (I use TinEye a lot) and I have to say TinEye looks better than Google CBIR so far. TinEye has less "zero results" and more search results overall, I get the feeling TinEye deals with "Photoshopped images" better somehow.

Re: Google Search By Image

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This reminds me of apps like Shazam. While they definitely serve an amazing purpose (recognizing songs by finding a similar region of sound) what I would really like is an app that could recognize my humming a song--which probably sounds nothing like the actual song itself (different key, speed, entirely different voice, etc.)

Re: Google Search By Image

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This reminds me of apps like Shazam. While they definitely serve an amazing purpose (recognizing songs by finding a similar region of sound) what I would really like is an app that could recognize my humming a song--which probably sounds nothing like the actual song itself (different key, speed, entirely different voice, etc.)

Check out SoundHound: http://www.soundhound.com/

It does exactly what you ask for.

Re: Google Search By Image

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TinEye and Google Goggles applied to the entire Internet? Yes please. I can't wait to play around with this. What will be even more interesting is if they release an API for it in the future. Sites like imgur and reddit could then suggest if you're uploading or submitting a similar image to one that already exists.

An API would be amazing. Could make a service that tells you if any of your Flickr/dA/Picasa photos are being used anywhere else on the web, etc. I'd pay good money for that service (as a photographer who has had photos stolen/used-without-permission).
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