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Searching with Images instead of Words

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the blessing-for-those-who-can't-spell dept.

johnsee writes "A computer vision researcher by the name of Hartmut Neven is developing ingenious new technology that allows the searching of a database by submitting an image, for example, off a mobile phone camera. Imagine taking a photo of a street corner to find out where you are, or the photo of a city building to see its history"

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  1. Better yet... by punkass · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..imagine being the guy who has to photograph EVERY STREET CORNER IN THE WORLD.

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  2. Fleck's image recognition by 2advanced.net · · Score: 5, Funny

    So when do you combine this with Fleck's nude recognition algorithms to provide a service that can identify a person by partial nude picture?

    The possibilities are endless!

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  3. New Query Language by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Enter search criteria: (.)(.)

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  4. Re:Man on man by 2advanced.net · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Man on man"? Man oh man, Freud would love this!

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  5. It's going to be boobs by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 3, Funny
    Everyone is going to try searching on a pair of boobs to see what they get. I can set it now:

    1: Take picture of current date's frontside archtecture.
    2: Submit to search.
    3: Reply: You can do better than that. Try her older sister.

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  6. And we have a winner... by Momoru · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds like we may have a winner for Wired's 2005-2010 Vaporware awards.

  7. Re:Why not use GPS Technology? by nacturation · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine you're going through photos of your latest vacation and you find one of a street corner which you snapped while on a drinking binge. Since, in your drunken stupor, you don't remember where it was, you can just submit it to find out the history of the building and perhaps discover other famous people who have similarly vomited in that vicinity.

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