Introduction to Visual Search
The Visual Search service uses deep learning technology from Alibaba Cloud to find identical or similar visual information in specified image, video, or 3D model libraries. This service is suitable for scenarios such as content comparison, precise content searches, and similar material searches.
Service notice
The Visual Search service stopped receiving updates on February 15, 2023. After this date, new users cannot activate the service and should use the new version of Image Search. Support for existing users will continue. If you have questions about the Visual Search service, you can contact us by joining the Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API consultation group. The DingTalk group ID is 23109592.
Features
Visual Search on the Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API provides the following features:
Category | Capabilities | Description |
Duplicate image detection | Creates an image database. | |
Views a list of your databases. | ||
Deletes a specified database. | ||
Adds an image to a database. | ||
Views the images in a specified database. | ||
Searches a database for images that are similar to an input image. | ||
Deletes specified image data from a database. |
Scenarios
Visual Search can be used in the following scenarios:
Product search and recommendation
You can search a product library using an image to find identical or similar products. You can then sell the product or recommend related items. This simplifies the search process and improves the user experience.
Precise image search
You can find images with the same subject in an image gallery. You can also use the similarity score to determine whether the image content is identical. This is useful for scenarios such as finding specific images or accurately associating image content.
For more product updates, follow the Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API.