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System for detecting and mapping manipulation of images on the web

Summary: Shih-Fu Chang, Ph.D..

Technology Benefits: Sophisticated set of image manipulation tools ensure that even highly manipulated images can by identified as being derived from an original-type imageReconstructing the migration history allows for the automatic identification of original-type images, images highly manipulated from an original, and images which have been highly-manipulated but with substantial information added Patent information:Patent Pending (WO/2009/126785)Tech Ventures Reference: M08-087

Technology Application: Image migration history can be leveraged to pursue copyright claimsImproving current images searches by reducing redundant results and suppressing highly manipulated imagesIdentification of changing perspectives on a topic of cultural relevance

Detailed Technology Description: Shih-Fu Chang, Ph.D..

*Abstract: None

*Inquiry: Satish RaoColumbia Technology VenturesTel: (212) 854-8444Email: TechTransfer@columbia.edu

*IR: M08-087

*Principal Investigator

*Publications: Kennedy, L.; Chang, S. Internet image archaeology: automatically tracing the manipulation history of photographs on the web. In MM '08: Proceeding of the 16th ACM international conference on Multimedia, October 2008.

Country/Region: USA

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