Image Query Based Search Engine Using Image Content Retrieval

Abstract

In this paper we put forward a model for a search engine where an image can be uploaded from the local database of the user to retrieve information about it from the internet. This is similar to the traditional keyword search used by most of the search engines with the only difference being that here an image is uploaded as a query rather than textual keywords. The fact that the image being used as query makes the search ever more complicated as the content of the image needs to be analysed and matched to find the information corresponding to the uploaded image. This is most apt for searching information about images of historical monuments, places or any specific place or thing that is identifiable.