【CBIR】List of CBIR engines
List of CBIR engines
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This is a list of publicly available Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) engines, these image search engines look at the content (pixels) of their images in order to return results that match a particular query.
Commercial CBIR search engines[edit]
| Name | Description | External Image Query | Metadata Query | Index Size (Estimate, Millions of Images) | Organization Type | License (Open/Closed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picalike | CBIR engine for Mobile and eCommerce | No | No (additional filters can be added) | Private Company | Closed | |
| Elastic Vision | Smart image searcher with content-based clustering in a visual network. | No | No | Private Company | Closed | |
| Google Image Search | Google's CBIR system, note: does not work on all images | Yes | Yes | Public Company | Closed | |
| Yandex Image Search | Yandex CBIR system | Yes | Yes | 10000M | Public Company | Closed |
| Baidu Image Search | Baidu's CBIR system | Yes | Yes | 1000M | Public Company | Closed |
| ID My Pill | Automatic prescription pill identification (CBIR) | Yes | No | Private Company | Open (via API) | |
| Imense Image Search Portal | CBIR search engine, by Imense. | No | Yes | 3M | Private Company | Closed |
| Imprezzeo Image Search | CBIR search engine, by Imprezzeo. | No | Yes | Private Company | Closed | |
| Visual Image Search | CBIR search engine, by pixolution | Yes | No | 10M | Private Company | Closed |
| Incogna Image Search | CBIR search engine, by Incogna Inc. | No | Yes | 100M | Private Company | Closed |
| Like.com | Shopping & fashion based CBIR engine | No | Yes | 1M | Private Company | Closed |
| Chic Engine | Visual fashion search engine (CBIR) | Yes | No | Private Company | Closed | |
| MiPai similarity search engine | Online similarity search engine | Yes | Yes | 100M | Individual | Closed |
| Piximilar | Demo engine, developed by Idee Inc. | No | No | 3M | Private Company1 | Closed |
| Empora | Product comparison & shopping using CBIR for product images. Previously known as Pixsta | No | Yes | 0.5M | Private Company | Closed |
| Shopachu | Shopping & fashion CBIR engine, by Incogna Inc. | No | Yes | 1M | Private Company | Closed |
| TinEye | CBIR site for finding variations of web images, by Idee Inc. | Yes | No | 1800M | Private Company | Closed |
| Tiltomo | CBIR system using Flickr photos | No | Yes | Private Company | Closed | |
| eBay Image Search | Image Search for eBay Fashion | No | Yes | 20M | Public Company | Closed |
| Visual Recognition Factory | Visual Recognition Factory | Yes | Yes | Private Company | Closed | |
| IMMENSELAB | CBIR search engine byKBKGROUP. | Yes | No | 10M | Private Company | Closed |
| Macroglossa Visual Search | CBIR visual search engine | Yes | No | Private Company | Closed | |
| NoClone | PC image search engine and classification based on content | Yes (a set) | No | Private Company | Closed |
CBIR research projects/demos/open source projects[edit]
Name
Description
External Image Query
Metadata Query
Index Size (Estimate, Millions of Images)
Organization Type
License (Open/Closed)
akiwi
akiwi is a semi-automatic image keywording
tool using CBIR techniques. It was developed
by HTW Berlin / pixolution GmbH
Yes
Yes
15M
University
Closed
ALIPR
Developed by Penn State University researchers
Yes
Yes
University
Closed
Anaktisi
This Web-Solution implements a new family
of CBIR descriptors. These descriptors
combine in one histogram color and texture
information and are suitable for accurately
retrieving images.
Yes
No
0.225M
University
Open
BRISC
BRISC is a recursive acronym for BRISC
Really IS Cool, and is (conveniently enough)
also an anagram of Content-Based Image
Retrieval System.
Yes
No
University
GPL
Caliph & Emir
Creation and Retrieval of images based
on MPEG-7.
Yes
No
Desktop-based
University
GPL
FIRE
Open source query by visual example
CBIR system. Developed at RWTH
Aachen University. FIRE is a research
system developed with extensibility
in mind and can easily be combined
with textual information retrieval systems.
No
No
University
Open
GNU Image Finding Tool
Query by example image search system.
Yes
No
Desktop-based
GNU
GPL
ISSBP
Similar Image Search by Imense plugin
for Adobe Bridge, free beta.
Yes
Yes
free-beta limited to 4k images
Private Company
Closed
img(Rummager)
Image retrieval Engine (Freeware Application).
Yes
No
Desktop-based
Individual
Closed
imgSeek
photo collection manager and viewer with
content-based search and many other features.
Yes
No
Individual
GPL
IKONA
Generic CBIR system - INRIA - IMEDIA
Yes
Yes
University
Closed
IOSB
Image retrieval demonstration software of
Fraunhofer IOSB (Germany)
Yes
No
Desktop-based
Research Institute
Closed
LIRE
Java GPL library for content based image
retrieval based on Lucene including
multiple low level global and local features
and different indexing strategies including
bag of visual words and hashing.
Yes
Yes
University
GPL
Lucignolo
Image similarity search engine using only
the native full-text search engine Lucene.
Yes
Yes
106M
Research Institute
Closed
MIFile
Image similarity search engine based on
MI File (Metric Inverted File) developed
at ISTI-CNR. Source code of the MI File.
No
No
106M
Research Institute
Open
MUVIS
CBIR System at TUT- Tampere University of
Technology.
Yes
No
Desktop-based
University
Closed
PIRIA
CBIR tool developed at CEA-LIST, LIVIC (Vision
and Content Engineering Laboratory).
Yes
Yes
130M
University
Closed
PicsLikeThat
Image search using visual similarity search
and sorting combined with a recommender
system. (Cooperation of pixolution, fotolia and
HTW Berlin)
No
No
12M
University
Closed
Pixcavator
Similar image search based on topological
image analysis
Yes
No
Desktop-based
Private company
Closed
pixolu
visual & semantic image search engine, by
pixolution GmbH & HTW Berlin.
Yes
No
Private Company / University
Closed
QuickLook
Visual information retrieval system with
relevance feedback
No
Yes
University
Closed
RETIN
Interactive images retrieval system - CNRS -
ETIS Lab., MIDI Team
No
No
University
Closed
Retrievr
Search and explore in a selection of Flickr
images by drawing a rough
sketch or uploading an image.
No
No
University
Closed
SIMBA
demo of system by the Albert-Ludwigs-
Universitet Freiburg (Germany) Inst.
for Pattern Recognition and Image Processing
Yes
No
0.002M
University
Closed
TagProp
The demonstration of image annotation tool
TagProp in ICCV2009 for image set: Corel
5k ESP Game IAPR TC-12 and MIR Flickr.
No
Yes
Institute
Closed
VIRaL
Visual Image Retrieval and Localization:
A visual search engine that, given a query
image, retrieves photos depicting the same
object or scene under varying viewpoint or
lighting conditions. Using Flickr photos
of urban scenes, it automatically estimates
where a picture is taken, suggests tags,
identifies known landmarks or points of
interest, and links to relevant Wikipedia
articles. It currently supports 39 cities
around the world.
Yes
Yes
2.221M
University
Closed
Windsurf
A general framework for efficiently processing
content-based image queries with particular
emphasis to the region-based paradigm;
it provides an environment where different
alternatives of the paradigm can be implemented, allowing such implementations to be compared
on a fair basis, from the points of view of both effectiveness and efficiency.
Yes
No
University
Closed
PIBE
An adaptive image browsing system that
provides users with an intuitive, easy-to-use,
structured view of an image collection and
complements it with ideas from the field of
adaptable content-based similarity search.
A hierarchical view of images (the Browsing
Tree) that can be customized
according to user preferences is provided.
Yes
No
University
Closed
SHIATSU
A novel system for automatic video tagging which
is based on shot boundaries detection and
hierarchical annotation processes.
The tagging phase assigns semantic concepts
to both shot sequences and whole videos,
by exploiting visual features extracted from
key frames.
Yes
Yes
University
Closed
CBIR research projects/demos/open source projects[edit]
| Name | Description | External Image Query | Metadata Query | Index Size (Estimate, Millions of Images) | Organization Type | License (Open/Closed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| akiwi | akiwi is a semi-automatic image keywording tool using CBIR techniques. It was developed by HTW Berlin / pixolution GmbH |
Yes | Yes | 15M | University | Closed |
| ALIPR | Developed by Penn State University researchers | Yes | Yes | University | Closed | |
| Anaktisi | This Web-Solution implements a new family of CBIR descriptors. These descriptors combine in one histogram color and texture information and are suitable for accurately retrieving images. |
Yes | No | 0.225M | University | Open |
| BRISC | BRISC is a recursive acronym for BRISC Really IS Cool, and is (conveniently enough) also an anagram of Content-Based Image Retrieval System. |
Yes | No | University | GPL | |
| Caliph & Emir | Creation and Retrieval of images based on MPEG-7. |
Yes | No | Desktop-based | University | GPL |
| FIRE | Open source query by visual example CBIR system. Developed at RWTH Aachen University. FIRE is a research system developed with extensibility in mind and can easily be combined with textual information retrieval systems. |
No | No | University | Open | |
| GNU Image Finding Tool | Query by example image search system. | Yes | No | Desktop-based | GNU | GPL |
| ISSBP | Similar Image Search by Imense plugin for Adobe Bridge, free beta. |
Yes | Yes | free-beta limited to 4k images | Private Company | Closed |
| img(Rummager) | Image retrieval Engine (Freeware Application). | Yes | No | Desktop-based | Individual | Closed |
| imgSeek | photo collection manager and viewer with content-based search and many other features. |
Yes | No | Individual | GPL | |
| IKONA | Generic CBIR system - INRIA - IMEDIA | Yes | Yes | University | Closed | |
| IOSB | Image retrieval demonstration software of Fraunhofer IOSB (Germany) |
Yes | No | Desktop-based | Research Institute | Closed |
| LIRE | Java GPL library for content based image retrieval based on Lucene including multiple low level global and local features and different indexing strategies including bag of visual words and hashing. |
Yes | Yes | University | GPL | |
| Lucignolo | Image similarity search engine using only the native full-text search engine Lucene. |
Yes | Yes | 106M | Research Institute | Closed |
| MIFile | Image similarity search engine based on MI File (Metric Inverted File) developed at ISTI-CNR. Source code of the MI File. |
No | No | 106M | Research Institute | Open |
| MUVIS | CBIR System at TUT- Tampere University of Technology. |
Yes | No | Desktop-based | University | Closed |
| PIRIA | CBIR tool developed at CEA-LIST, LIVIC (Vision and Content Engineering Laboratory). |
Yes | Yes | 130M | University | Closed |
| PicsLikeThat | Image search using visual similarity search and sorting combined with a recommender system. (Cooperation of pixolution, fotolia and HTW Berlin) |
No | No | 12M | University | Closed |
| Pixcavator | Similar image search based on topological image analysis |
Yes | No | Desktop-based | Private company | Closed |
| pixolu | visual & semantic image search engine, by pixolution GmbH & HTW Berlin. |
Yes | No | Private Company / University | Closed | |
| QuickLook | Visual information retrieval system with relevance feedback |
No | Yes | University | Closed | |
| RETIN | Interactive images retrieval system - CNRS - ETIS Lab., MIDI Team |
No | No | University | Closed | |
| Retrievr | Search and explore in a selection of Flickr images by drawing a rough sketch or uploading an image. |
No | No | University | Closed | |
| SIMBA | demo of system by the Albert-Ludwigs- Universitet Freiburg (Germany) Inst. for Pattern Recognition and Image Processing |
Yes | No | 0.002M | University | Closed |
| TagProp | The demonstration of image annotation tool TagProp in ICCV2009 for image set: Corel 5k ESP Game IAPR TC-12 and MIR Flickr. |
No | Yes | Institute | Closed | |
| VIRaL | Visual Image Retrieval and Localization: A visual search engine that, given a query image, retrieves photos depicting the same object or scene under varying viewpoint or lighting conditions. Using Flickr photos of urban scenes, it automatically estimates where a picture is taken, suggests tags, identifies known landmarks or points of interest, and links to relevant Wikipedia articles. It currently supports 39 cities around the world. |
Yes | Yes | 2.221M | University | Closed |
| Windsurf | A general framework for efficiently processing content-based image queries with particular emphasis to the region-based paradigm; it provides an environment where different alternatives of the paradigm can be implemented, allowing such implementations to be compared on a fair basis, from the points of view of both effectiveness and efficiency. |
Yes | No | University | Closed | |
| PIBE | An adaptive image browsing system that provides users with an intuitive, easy-to-use, structured view of an image collection and complements it with ideas from the field of adaptable content-based similarity search. A hierarchical view of images (the Browsing Tree) that can be customized according to user preferences is provided. |
Yes | No | University | Closed | |
| SHIATSU | A novel system for automatic video tagging which is based on shot boundaries detection and hierarchical annotation processes. The tagging phase assigns semantic concepts to both shot sequences and whole videos, by exploiting visual features extracted from key frames. |
Yes | Yes | University | Closed |