Frequently asked questions about using image search engine Immenselab that enables users to search for identical or similar images using a pattern. A test index database of 10 million images is used by www.immenselab.com to show how the engine works. It allows to use different search methods and to control search results on the fly.

1. Frequently Asked Questions
www.immenselab.com
Immenselab.com is an image search engine that enables users
to search for identical or similar images by a pattern. A user
can select different methods of image recognition and control
search accuracy / inaccuracy of the fly. Thus, a user can control
the results of his/her search and must not rummage through
What is Immenselab.com? millions of results manually looking for images which may be of
interest.
Immenselab.com is being developed by KBK Group LLC –
www.kbkgroup.org
 Very compact indexing builds index databases which are many times less than source
 Compact indexing databases.
 Index database can be several orders of magnitude less than a source database.
 A user can control the search by selecting search methods and criteria before the
 Advanced search control search and by adjusting search accuracy on the fly.
 Great Multitude of Images  Indexed database can contain hundreds of billions of images.
 High-performance ranked image search by pattern through building a result set of
 High-Performance images depending on similarity rate.
Ranking

2. How to use immenselab.com? To start using image search engine you have to type in
www.immenselab.com
 Home page of image
search system

3. There are different ways which you can use to submit a pattern
for a search of identical and/or similar images:
(1) You can click on an image in the central panel and use
How to submit a pattern for an image selected image as a pattern or
search? (2) You can upload an image by
- indicating the image name on your hard disk or
- entering an URL where an image you would like to
select as a pattern is located.
 Selecting an image from
the central panel
 You can click on an image in the central panel and use selected image as a pattern.

4.  Uploading a search
pattern by browsing hard
drive or other storage
media
 You can browse different locations and select an image as a pattern.
 Uploading a search
pattern by entering an
URL
 Entering an URL where an image you would like to select as a pattern is located.

5. Search system immediately produces search results in the
central panel of the web page.
How to surf image search results? The search results contain identical results if they have been
located in the indexed database and similar results.
 Search pattern
 The window of image
search results
 The pattern and window of image search results.

6. An active search result is a result that you select from the result
set of images displayed in the central window by indicating the
What can I do with an active search result? cursor on it and clicking on the right button of the mouse or
other pointing device.
 An active search result
 One of the active image search results

7.  You can go to the web
page where the source
image of the search result
is located by clicking on
source URL
 A web page where source image of the search result is located
 You can click on the lens
and use the active search
result as a pattern for
next search.
 You immediately have another result set on the screen

8.  You can click on the Star
and send the active
search result to the buffer
in the right-hand part of
the screen

9. What is the buffer of search results and how You can save multiple search results in the buffer and use them
can I use it? as patterns for further searches of similar images or view them
or go to their URL locations.
 Using a buffer to store
image patterns for other
searches
 You can store the search results in the buffer on the right-hand side of the results
window

10. There are the following image recognition methods you can
choose from:
- RGB Diff
How can I select image recognition methods - Background
and location of images searched for? - Central area (will be activated later)
- Shape (will be activated later)
- Category (will be activated later)
There are also Red, Green and Blue sliders you can use to
control dominant colors in the image search results.
 The left hand panel of the
web page contains
options for selecting
Search Method and
Search Areas
You can change the search methods before or after the search. If you change the methods after the
search, the search result set will change as well. RGB sliders become active when you have a window
of search results. You can shift the sliders and can different results depending on a dominant color you
choose.

11.  You can use different
locations in Internet
where images to be
search for are located
Important note: For the time being there is only one Search Area active. Other areas will be active
later.
The pop-down will offer different locations:
- Internet that is a general database of images.
- eBay, Amazon, TaoBao – search in shops and Internet retailers’ Websites.
- Wikipedia, etc. – search in encyclopedias.

12. The lower part of the Web page contains two options for
controlling search results. The upper slider allows you to select
How can I control the image search? the range of search accuracy/inaccuracy. It can be done with
the use of the slider with a left and right buttons.
You can also use Fuzzy Filter to fine tune your search results.
 ON-THE-FLY SEARCH
CONTROL
 By moving the right
button of the Search
inaccuracy slider to the
left you can limit the
search innacuracy and
find the search results
which are more similar to
the pattern.

13.  By moving left button of
the Search Innacuracy
slider to the right you can
make inaccuracy higher
and find images are are
far from being similar to
the search pattern.
 By moving Fuzzy Filter
slider you can explore
different opportunities
for retrieving different
images
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