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Title: Is it possible to search for images with binary code?
Post by: reactosguy on 28 July 2011, 00:54

Would this be possible? I would love to search for exact images I know of, but I don't know their names.

Although is this even possible? Would this bring up undesired images? (I think so.)

Title: Re: Is it possible to search for images with binary code?
Post by: TheQuirk on 29 July 2011, 00:08

the problem is that most images you are looking at are compressed/not compressed in many different ways, and so just looking at 1s and 0s is not very helpful.

on the other hand, if you can index the fourier transforms (http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/HIPR2/fourier.htm (http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/HIPR2/fourier.htm)) of a bunch of images, then you could search for similar images by trying to find images with similar fourier coefficients. my guess is that this is how google image search works (when your input is an image), but I could be wrong.

Title: Re: Is it possible to search for images with binary code?
Post by: reactosguy on 29 July 2011, 18:16

Quote from: TheQuirk on 29 July 2011, 00:08

my guess is that this is how google image search works (when your input is an image), but I could be wrong.

I don't think so. Whenever I search Google Images it appears to search for images on sites that have the query that you inputted.

Title: Re: Is it possible to search for images with binary code?
Post by: Refalm on 30 July 2011, 11:43

I have no idea what you guys are talking about, but maybe this will help:
http://www.tineye.com/ (http://www.tineye.com/)

Title: Re: Is it possible to search for images with binary code?
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 30 July 2011, 14:19

TinEye looks good idea, lol no I can see if my ugly mug has appeared anywhere else on the Internet, other than where I posted . . . I doubt it though.

Title: Re: Is it possible to search for images with binary code?
Post by: reactosguy on 30 July 2011, 17:35

I searched this with TinEye.

(http://www.grist.org/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=http://www2.grist.org/images/etc/gristlist/2006/05/05/earth-burger_150.jpg&w=615)

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

Title: Re: Is it possible to search for images with binary code?
Post by: TheQuirk on 31 July 2011, 12:15

Quote from: Refalm on 30 July 2011, 11:43

I have no idea what you guys are talking about, but maybe this will help:
http://www.tineye.com/ (http://www.tineye.com/)

I meant this: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searchbyimage.html (http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searchbyimage.html)