Image Recognition Search Engine

I thought this would be cool to develop, if I ever had time to do the coding and research.

 

Concept:

Upload an image to the search engine, in which it would gather all the main points of the image and run a image recognition search. The search engine then would display back in a list from most to least relevant matches.

 

How this can be used:

New companies: Do a search on potential logos, making sure not to infringe on other companies.

 

People searching: Find all pictures of yourself or someone else taken from other people. Maybe even find yourself walking in the background of someone else's pictures.

 

Location searching: Find all pictures of some popular spot, like the Eiffel Tower. 

 

So I did a search on Google to see if there is anything out there yet. I did find something about Google inquiring Neven Vision & Image Recognition which also had another great idea of using cell phones because most of them already have cameras built in.

I'm a little sad and happy now. Sad that I can't make millions now, like that would of happen. I just can't wait until this becomes real. They had some other cool and interesting ideas on how this could be used as well.

For example, I take a photo of a cute girl, or group of people at a bar. And what does Google now know about these people?

*Which bars or restaurants they frequent?
* Where is the location of that bar?
* Whether they prefer beer, wine or liquor.
* What kind of clothing they purchase & wear?
* Whether or not they smoke.
* Do they wear eye glasses or not?
* Who are they connected to in the real world and what is that connection?
* Which college did they attend?
* What sports teams do they follow?
* How much makeup do they wear when they go out?
* Whether they use tanning lotion or not.
* Do they have a full head of hair, balding or bald?