Briefs

Search Engine Watch, By Chris Sherman, Executive Editor, May 23, 2006

... Another approach to image search involves analyzing certain characteristics of an image, attempting to "see" the image in the same way humans do. And taking this approach, you can also ask a search engine to, in essence, show you images that have similar characteristics to the one you're currently viewing.

Tiltomo is an experimental search engine that works in just this fashion, allowing you to find similar images in two ways. You can search for images that have similar color and texture characteristics, or you can look for images with similar "themes," which adds an analysis of subject matter to the color/texture mix.

Tiltomo searches a sample collection of images from Flickr, both from the general images group and those included in the "catchy colors" group. You start your search by entering a tag into a search box; results display thirty largish thumbnails from Flickr. ... Here is the rest of the story.