Image Search

Bill Slawski discusses the technology of textually searching for images . Slawski reports that Google has submitted a number of patent applications for using text queries to retrieve images.

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Image Processing

Mark Gibbs directs those who know the Python scripting language to a free course on image processing . Those who finish will have the knowledge to organize and search for Web images. He highly recommends Adrian Rosebrock's companion book, Practical Python and OpenCV+ Case Studies.

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Practical Python and OpenCV from Adrian Rosebrock on Vimeo.

Object Identification Using Images

Patrick Nelson has experimented with a new image identification app for smartphones. Photos snapped by the phone's camera are compared with a database to initiate identification and related information.

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Google Swirl

Juan Carlos Perez reports in Computerworld that Google has a new tool for matching similar pictures, called Swirl.

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