image search by kbk group
DESCRIPTION
Image search engine www.immenselab.com is presented with its developing functionality that can be used for versatile search of images which are identical and similar to a pattern.TRANSCRIPT
An Image Indexing and Search System for Large Databases Stored on PCs and in Corporate and Global Communication Networks
KBK GROUP LLC
NOVOSIBIRSK, RUSSIA
DECEMBER 2011
COMPANY INFORMATION
KBK Group LLC
Address: PO Box 114, Novosibirsk, 630001, Russia
Website (corporate): www.kbkgroup.org
Website (prototype): www.immenselab.com
Phone:
+ 7 913 891 0298 (English, French, German, Italian, Serbian)
Email: [email protected]
+7 913 915 0887 (Russian)
Email: [email protected]
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PROBLEMS ADDRESSED BY
TECHNOLOGY
Problems of performance of search engines when dealing with large databases of images.
High demands for computing power.
Users cannot control search results and have to deal with millions of images.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
• Rights to use indexing kernel and search engine through an exclusive license.
• Know-how covers
•algorithms and a system of search and retrieval of images from Internet,
•Web-Crawlers,
•a Client – Server system to process user queries.
• Patent application was filed with the Russian Patent Office to cover
major features of retrieving the images from the databases.
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WHAT IS NOVEL ABOUT THE
TECHNOLOGY?
Unique system of compact indexing of large databases.
High-performance ranked search of images by a pattern.
A user controls search accuracy and result set in real time.
A user selects a pattern and search criteria, controls accuracy of search and the system returns result set of images ranked by their similarity to a pattern.
Major innovation - multifunctional indexing when a single index can simultaneously support a search by a multitude of functions of different parameters of indexed images.
Image
Search
Service
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PROTOTYPE OF IMAGE
SEARCH SERVICE WWW. IMMENSELAB.COM
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HOW DOES IT WORK? STEP 1
A user uploads a
pattern to the Image
Search System
The Search System
returns identical
image if index
database contains it
or the most similar
if there is no
identical image in
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HOW DOES IT WORK? STEP 2
Active
search
result
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HOW DOES IT WORK? STEP 3
You can go to
the web page
where source
image of the
search result
is located by
clicking on
source URL.
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SOURCE PAGE OF SEARCH
RESULTS
A web page
where
source
image of the
search
result is
located
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MULTIPLE SEARCH RESULTS
IN THE BUFFER
Multiple
search
results
stored in the
buffer
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SEARCH METHODS
A panel with
search
methods
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ON-THE-FLY SEARCH
ACCURACY CONTROL
By adjusting search accuracy (by moving a slider) a user gets different number of search results which are similar to the pattern.
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USER-CONTROLLED SEARCH
RESULTS
On-the-fly
search control
buttons: left-
hand button
and right-
hand button
of the control
slider
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AUGMENTED SEARCH
Even blurred
& damaged
images can
be used as a
pattern to
find similar
images.
Search pattern window Active result window
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SEARCHING FOR SIMILAR
IMAGES
By
increasing
inaccuracy
of search we
can manage
retrieval of
similar
images.
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USER INTERFACE
User interface contains an array of sliders and menus.
Sliders and menus allow a user to select different options for a search and adjust the range of accuracy/inaccuracy of search.
A user can change the settings and get different query results in real time.
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Sample search results
TESTS OF USER INTERFACE
SEARCH RESULTS: BIRDS IN
SIMILAR LAKE
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SNAPSHOTS OF URBAN LANDSCAPES: A
LOOK FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES
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SEARCH FOR SIMILAR
LANDSCAPES – WATERWAYS
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SEARCH FOR ARCHITECTURAL
LANDMARKS
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SEARCH FOR THE SAME PERSON(S)
DOING DIFFERENT THINGS
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SEARCH FOR A CLUSTER OF
CARS
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SEARCH FOR THE MOON AND
CANALS
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SEARCH FOR SIMILAR CARS
SHOT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES
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SEARCH FOR SIMILAR CARS
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SEARCH BY THE SAME OR
RAGGED OUTLINE
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SEARCH FOR THE SAME
FRAGMENTS IN DIFFERENT
PICTURES
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SEARCH FOR THE SAME
BACKGROUND
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SEARCH FOR LANDSCAPES AT
NIGHT: DIFFERENT LIGHTS
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WE ADDRESS B2B MARKET
Providers of Search services.
Social networks.
Internet retailers.
Photo sharing services.
Market size
Sales of shares in companies developing novel search systems return millions to dozen millions of US dollars.
Number of downloads of licenses covering particular search applications can vary from several dozens of thousands to hundreds of thousands downloads a month.
MARKETS
Software
components for
processing,
search and
analysis of
graphic data on
PCs and servers
of global
communication
networks.
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COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL OF
THE TECHNOLOGY
Internet users,
News agencies and publishers,
Advertising agencies,
Social networks,
Mobile apps developers,
Patent offices and patent attorney firms,
Security companies,
Large museums and archives,
Movie distributors
Other owners of archives, photo and graphic databases.
Users /
Licensees
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DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
Development and promotion of proprietary Image Search Internet service as an ad and commercial platform in Internet to demonstrate the and attract potential users.
Co-operation with major strategic partners to launch and distribute the Image Search Software in international markets.
Selling software licenses independently and through existing distribution channels.
Three-tier
strategy:
• Internet
• Partnerships
• Sales
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COMPETITORS
www.Tineye.com & www.gazopa.com – search of images similar to a pattern.
www.wesee.com, www.imprezzeo.com – claim they’ve got image search systems by content, however prototypes have not been demonstrated.
Google Goggles and Google Chrome search by a pattern.
http://visual.images.yandex.ru/sights/ - Yandex visual search.
www.picsearch.com – image search by tags.
Image
Search
Services
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
Compact indexing: Innovation indexes used by the system are 100 times more compact that B-Tree indexes and provide 100 times higher retrieval rate than B-Tree indexes.
Indexed databases can contain hundreds of billions of images.
A user controls the search, i.e. he/she selects criteria before the search (colour, outline, tag, etc.).
High performance ranked (i.e. building a line of results depending on similarity rate) image search by a pattern with accuracy/inaccuracy controlled by a user in real time.
Particular
problems
which the
technology
solves
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OTHER APPLICATIONS
Development of Green IT projects aimed at reduction of carbon footprint due to saving index storage space by order of 100.
Using technology with Cloud Computing will increase performance of search engines dramatically.
Mobile applications to develop mobile image search technologies. It cuts down traffic load considerably by working with small index databases.
Using
technology
advantages
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THANK YOU! AND
HAVE A GOOD SEARCH!
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