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'''TinEye''' is a reverse [[image search]] engine developed and offered by [[Idée, Inc.]], a company based in [[Toronto]], Canada. The use of the [[Web application]] is free of charge for customers. According to the company, TinEye is the first web-based image search engine to use image identification technology. Currently, the technology is an Open [[Software release life cycle#Beta|beta release]]. Idée launched the service on May 6, 2008.<ref>[http://tineye.com/releases tineye.com] — Releases. Retrieved 2009-03-20.</ref> <!-- Since early 2009, users do not need to be invited any more to become a user. --> |
'''TinEye''' is a reverse [[image search]] engine developed and offered by [[Idée, Inc.]], a company based in [[Toronto]], Canada. The use of the [[Web application]] is free of charge for customers. According to the company, TinEye is the first web-based image search engine to use image identification technology. Currently, the technology is an Open [[Software release life cycle#Beta|beta release]]. Idée launched the service on May 6, 2008.<ref>[http://tineye.com/releases tineye.com] — Releases. Retrieved 2009-03-20.</ref> <!-- Since early 2009, users do not need to be invited any more to become a user. --> Intended use of TinEye is different from traditional image search engines in that intended users are owners of copyrighted images who are looking to see if their imagery is being used online without authorization, as well as brand marketers who are tracking where their brands are showing up on the web.<ref>[http://www.ideeinc.com/pdf/idee-national-post.pdf] Retrieved 2010-02-11.</ref> |
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A user uploads an image to the [[Web application]]<ref>restricted to 1 MB</ref> search engine or provides a [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]] for an image (or for a page containing the image). The search engine will look up other usage of the image in the [[internet]] including their time of appearance and including modified images based upon that image. Tineye does not recognise objects or persons in an image, it recognises the entire image, and some altered versions of that image. This includes smaller, larger, and cropped versions of the image. |
A user uploads an image to the [[Web application]]<ref>restricted to 1 MB</ref> search engine or provides a [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]] for an image (or for a page containing the image). The search engine will look up other usage of the image in the [[internet]] including their time of appearance and including modified images based upon that image. Tineye does not recognise objects or persons in an image, it recognises the entire image, and some altered versions of that image. This includes smaller, larger, and cropped versions of the image. In addition, TinEye has shown itself capable of retrieving different images from its database of the same subject, such as famous landmarks. TinEye is capable of searching for images in .JPG, .GIF, or .PNG format. |
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Results generated from TinEye includes: the total number of matches in their database that the submitted image has generated, a preview image and URL to each match, as well as a function called Compare Images. Compare Images will bring up a window where the user can switch back and forth between the original image and the search result. TinEye can sort results by best match, worst match, biggest image, or smallest image. |
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A more powerful reverse image search engine of Idée is PixID, an automated image monitoring service.<ref>[http://www.ideeinc.com/products/pixid/ www.ideeinc.com] — PixID. Retrieved 2009-03-20.</ref> |
A more powerful reverse image search engine of Idée is PixID, an automated image monitoring service.<ref>[http://www.ideeinc.com/products/pixid/ www.ideeinc.com] — PixID. Retrieved 2009-03-20.</ref> |
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| TinEye reverse image search homepage | |
Type of site | Image Search Engine |
|---|---|
| Available in | multilingual |
| Owner | Idée, Inc. |
| URL | tineye.com |
| Commercial | yes |
| Registration | optional |
TinEye is a reverse image search engine developed and offered by Idée, Inc., a company based in Toronto, Canada. The use of the Web application is free of charge for customers. According to the company, TinEye is the first web-based image search engine to use image identification technology. Currently, the technology is an Open beta release. Idée launched the service on May 6, 2008.[1] Intended use of TinEye is different from traditional image search engines in that intended users are owners of copyrighted images who are looking to see if their imagery is being used online without authorization, as well as brand marketers who are tracking where their brands are showing up on the web.[2]
A user uploads an image to the Web application[3] search engine or provides a URL for an image (or for a page containing the image). The search engine will look up other usage of the image in the internet including their time of appearance and including modified images based upon that image. Tineye does not recognise objects or persons in an image, it recognises the entire image, and some altered versions of that image. This includes smaller, larger, and cropped versions of the image. In addition, TinEye has shown itself capable of retrieving different images from its database of the same subject, such as famous landmarks. TinEye is capable of searching for images in .JPG, .GIF, or .PNG format.
Results generated from TinEye includes: the total number of matches in their database that the submitted image has generated, a preview image and URL to each match, as well as a function called Compare Images. Compare Images will bring up a window where the user can switch back and forth between the original image and the search result. TinEye can sort results by best match, worst match, biggest image, or smallest image.
User registration is optional, and offers storage of the user's previous queries. Other features include embeddable widgets and bookmarklets. TinEye has also released their commercial API.
As of 2010-03-03, TinEye claims to have indexed 1,371,723,161 images for comparisons.[4]
A more powerful reverse image search engine of Idée is PixID, an automated image monitoring service.[5]
References
- ^ tineye.com — Releases. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
- ^ [1] Retrieved 2010-02-11.
- ^ restricted to 1 MB
- ^ [2] — Retrieved 2010-3-25.
- ^ www.ideeinc.com — PixID. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
External links
- tineye.com
- http://www.ideeinc.com/products/tineye/
- http://tineye.com/faq#what
- TinEye article on ars technica
- TinEye review on PlagiarismToday
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