A powerful new technology that allows customers to catalog and retrieve images without using verbal descriptions.
QBIC stands for Query By Image Content.
QBIC is a name for an IBM search system that allows users to sketch an image, and then search a set of stored images to find those images that are most similar to the sketch. The user can also specify characteristics such as color and texture. Some examples include "sandy beaches" and "clouds".
Early users include textile companies to law enforcement authorities.
According to IBM:
- A team at IBM's Almaden Research Center has developed a technology that permits users to catalog and retrieve images from databases without having to describe them verbally. Query by Image Content (QBIC) relies on a simple concept: the best way to query a database of images is to "show it" an image similar to that being sought, and to ask for all images that match it in some way or other. QBIC has already been incorporated into two IBM commercial products. It is finding use in applications that range from textiles to art history to police work.
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