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I wonder how it'll compare with TinEye.
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...
I wonder if this is based on the search-by-image that Google Goggles (on Android) already does.
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…
I wonder how it'll compare with TinEye.
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.)
It does exactly what you ask for.
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.