Visual search engine set for launch?
From the article:
A new visual search engine could help photographers track where their photographs appear on the internet.
The TinEye search engine, developed by Canadian company Idee, allows users to search by uploading a picture rather than typing in a keyword. It then conducts a pixel-by-pixel search across the internet, flagging up all instances of that image even if it’s been cropped, merged or digitally altered in some way.
“TinEye does for images what Google does for text,” said Leila Boujnane, the chief executive of TinEye. “We are not limited by words, Google can only find an image if a particular search word is in proximity to it. We have the ability on a large scale to tell somebody where one of their images has appeared and how it’s being used.”
Source: ITPRO