Google Visual Search aka Google Goggles has arrived for Android phones. The service allows Android users to take pictures of real world objects and generate a Google search related to the item. Why did Google developed it? The answer is simple. Actually, Mobile phone use is increasing exponentially with more than 4-billion phones in use worldwide. Google’s wants to make sure that the company’s new operating system for mobile phones “Android “ – gets a bigger share of that market. Hartmut Neven, Google Product Manager cited a real life example-
“Imagine you are on travel in Paris and you visit a museum. If a picture catches your attention you can simply take a photo and send it to the VMS service. Within seconds you will receive an audio-visual narrative explaining the image to you. If you happen to be connected to a 3G network the response time would be below a second. After the museum visit you might step outside and see a coffeehouse.”
Goggles allow android users to search using images rather than using words. Just take a picture and Goggles returns relevant search results. Presently, Goggles identifies landmarks, works of art, and products.
Google Goggles Algorithm
- Once you click the picture, Google send the user’s image to Google’s datacenters
- Using computer vision algorithms, Google then create signatures of objects in the image
- Comparison of signatures are done against all other known items in image recognition databases.
- Search for matching results.
- Based on available meta data and ranking signals, Goggle return one or more search results.
Demo Video of Google Goggles aka Google Visual Search
Screenshot Images of Goggles App for Android
Download Google Goggles App for Android Phones
Google Goggles is currently available for Android devices running Android 1.6 and above. i.e. Donut or Éclair. Google Goggles works great with T-Mobile G1, HTC Dream G1, HTC Hero, HTC Magic, HTC Tattoo, Samsung i7500, Motorola Droid.
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