Reuters Is Watching
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007;
-- Jordan McCollum |
Reuters has announced a facial-recognition video search program this week. In conjunction with Viewdle, facial recognition software, Reuters will index its videos so that readers can search its news footage for individuals.
Reuters’ video search results currently appear in a box at the right of the Reuters’ SERPs:
The Face Search feature, currently housed at Reuters Labs, gives a vastly different result page:
The text listings here are less illustrative than the screencaps used in the standard interface. However, the results are doubtlessly more thorough. For the face search, Viewdle takes the video frame-by-frame for complete analysis. Handily, these results return the clips cued to the exact time that the individual first appears.
MediaPost reports that the feature will be integrated into the new site after an evaluation of user statistics and feedback.
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September 19th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
That’s pretty slick. I’m sure Viacom will be interested in using this for any video that includes Stephen Colbert.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
I’ve always been amazed that software could recognize faces enough to pick one out. I’m not sure if it’s any more difficult than other things software can do, but this is one that impresses me.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Reuters is a leader in digital content
We can study the benefits of this search technology.
I am interested how are they monetizing that