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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080>Hi! This group might be interested
in what we are doing at Xyggy (<A
title="http://www.xyggy.com/ CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.xyggy.com">www.xyggy.com</A>), a Bay Area search startup that
is building item-based search services as well as an online platform for
developers. We </FONT><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080>have started to
showcase the technology with 5 demos including image search which allows you to
find similar images by dragging and dropping <U>one or more images</U> into the
search oval. Go have a play.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>The image demo is based on texture (Gabor and Tamura) and color (HSV)
features. The Xyggy search engine can operate on features ranging from the
simple to the complex (ie. color, texture, luminosity, invariance, edge
detection and so on). The features used for any particular image search
service are in the developer's control. Another advantage is that an
organizations primary data, in this case images, reside on their site to ensure
data protection and privacy.</DIV>
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<DIV>We use Python for all prototype development and data processing and is
superb for both these functions.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers ...</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080>Dinesh</FONT></DIV>
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