Sun May 11, 2008 5:27 pm
TinEye
Discover how any image is used on the web
What is TinEye?
TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology. Given an image to search for, TinEye tells you where and how that image appears all over the web—even if it has been modified.
Just as you are familiar with entering text in a regular search engine such as Google to find web pages that contain that text, TinEye lets you submit an image to find web pages that contain that image.
How does TinEye work?
Every day TinEye's spiders crawl the web for additional images. Using sophisticated pattern recognition algorithms, TinEye creates a unique and compact digital signature or 'fingerprint' for each one and adds it to the index.
When you want to find out where an image is being used on the web, you submit it to TinEye. The attributes of the image are analyzed instantly, and its fingerprint is compared to the fingerprint of every single image in the TinEye search index. The result? A detailed list of any websites using that image, worldwide.
Use TinEye to find out where and how an image appears on the web, even if it has been cropped or heavily modified.
Why Use TinEye?
* Find out where and how an image appears online
* Research products using a product photo
* Find modified versions of unmodified images or vice versa
* Research the usage of editorial or stock images
* Get international, multilingual websites in your search results
* Research corporate imagery or brand usage online
* Use a webcam to digitize any image and search for it on the web
* Search for your images to see where they are being used
This looks like the new bset thing to have. I think the idea is amazing like if you take photos and post them on the internet you can see who is using them.
