Image Search Engine Basics

I’ve been throwing around the idea of writing a book for the past few months, but I wasn’t sure on what the exact focus was going to be. I’ve given it a ton of thought, worked out the specifics, and…

First, let’s have a quick review. Two weeks ago we explored the first step of building an image search engine: Defining Your Image Descriptor. We explored three aspects of an image that can easily be described: color, texture, and shape.…

Last Wednesday’s blog post reviewed the first step of building an image search engine: Defining Your Image Descriptor. We then examined the three aspects of an image that can be easily described: Color: Image descriptors that characterize the color of…

On Monday, I showed you how to build an awesome Lord of the Rings image search engine, from start to finish. It was a lot of fun and we learned a lot. We made use of OpenCV image descriptors. More…