Google Strengthens Visual Search Team with Plink
April 12, 2010
The fastest way to get technology and staff is to buy a company. Google, according to AFP, grabbed UK based Plink, a search system for “artwork” and pictures. You can read “Google Buys Visual Search Start-Up Plink” and get some basics. (Yahoo News links often go dead, so you may have to do some hunting for the story.) I am at an undisclosed location east of Italy and I don’t have my full Overflight service available. Some basics:
- The url for the company is / was http://www.plinkart.com
- The company offers a mobile phone app. Take a snap and the system identifies the object
- You can see the company’s news release at http://www.plinkart.com/blog/?p=77
The company will keep its mobile app, but:
we won’t be updating the app and will instead focus our development efforts on Google Goggles, so you’ll see new functionality appearing there in the future.
Google has a clutch of patent documents and technical papers that address visual search, image recognition, and video segmenting. Google is moving beyond text.
Stephen E Arnold, April 12, 2010
A freebie.
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