Some news from the world of CBIR (content-based image retrieval).

Cognisign’s xcavator.net, an image search engine, has added more imagery to its database. This time the imagery comes from Getty Images’ iStockphoto. These days, xcavator is home to more than 1.8 million images.

We first posted about xcavator 11 months ago and since then not only has the database added a lot more content but also a new look.

xcavator uses Cognisign’s “Intelligent Image Recognition Technology” to help a researcher find additional images based on the the actual make-up of the image (shapes, colors, image composition, object proximity, or any combination of these factors) along with user-generated tags. Another feature xcavator offers is color search. Use a color wheel to find photos using the same or similar colors. Btw, any user can upload imagery to the xcavator database.

Of couse, xcavator is one of many players in this space. In these posts you can find links and background about several of them and in a few cases also find demos.

+ All About Content-Based Image Retrieval

+ Finding “Patterns” in Your Face

+ Riya To Expand Into Web Image Search

+ More Player’s: VIMA and Media Bakery Visual Search Demo

See Also: Don’t Forget Cameraphone Searching
From companies like Qode, Semacode, and Mobot.

See Also: Exalead Adds “Face” Search Refinement

See Also: Visual Search Shopping with Like (Powered by Riya)

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