Message-Id: <199612170541.XAA29778@library.wustl.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 15:39:46 +1000 From: Jennifer Brasher <mailto:J.Brasher@INS.GU.EDU.AU> Subject: Re: FINDING IMAGES IN A DATABASE To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Please excuse duplication in cross posting.Dear ARLIS-Lers, ImageLibers,VRALers,
Better and better. I'm finally catching up with old email here.
I've had a look at this site below, Virage.
I've heard of something else (QBIS?) with a sketch pad facility (like Adobe Illustrator) to draw irregular shapes or click on a shape within an image to find. Has anyone else come across this and a supplier? I've done a Web search in MetaCrawler and Yahoo under QBIS which may be a misnomer. When I do a search doing image, serch, software I come up with 7 hits which includes VIRAGE, other stuff less relevant. Any guidance appreciated!
Jennifer QCA
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>This is probably old news to you, but just in case I am forwarding it anyway.
>I received it in Edupage, the electronic updating service from Educom.
>Anyway, I thought this was interesting. Mary
>
>FINDING IMAGES IN A DATABASE
>Software from Virage can compare images with a kind of visual template, in
>much the same way that the human brain functions. The Virage software
>reduces the essence of each image into a 1-kilobyte file called a feature
>vector, based on shapes, textures, colors and placement. (Forbes 2 Dec 96
>p240)
>See < http://www.virage.com > for demo.
>
>_________________________________________
>Mary Molinaro
>Team Leader, Young Library
>University of Kentucky Libraries
>123 King South
>Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0039
>
mailto:>molinaro@pop.uky.edu
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