What's Reverse Image Search?

Reverse image search is a content-based image retrieval query technique that involves providing the CBIR system with a sample image that it will then base its search upon; in terms of information retrieval, the sample image is what formulates a search query.

How do you do a reverse image search?

Google reverse image search on iPhone or Android
  1. Open images.google.com on the Chrome app on your iPhone or Android.
  2. Describe the image you want to search. ...
  3. Tap the search icon. ...
  4. Select an image from the search results by tapping it to enlarge it.

What is the purpose of reverse image search?

Google reverse image search, officially called Google Search by Image, is a service provided by Google that allows a user to search for images using an image as the starting point, rather than a written or spoken search query.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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