Fields of applications include data mining, signal processing, machine learning, machine vision, search engines, and others. A more specific list of applications are categorized by type of input source below. Each application is currently limited to varying degrees by high speed clustering of similar patterns.
From Existing Databases
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Data mining
(Identify meaningful patterns in large databases, e.g. customer
purchases patterns)
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Similar DNA
sequence matching (from existing DNA databases)
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Financial
forecasting / stock picks / day trading patterns (historical financial
data)
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Detecting
similar computer files (efficient archival storage and virus detection)
From Sensors (biometric, audio, seismic,
electromagnetic, physiological, biomedical, tactile etc.)
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Real time
waveform recognition or compression
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Finger print
recognition, iris recognition, voice identification (security)
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Continuous
speech recognition (automated communications and transcription)
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Word spotting
(monitoring telephone communications - security)
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Industrial
process monitoring (detecting anomalies – signal processing)
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Compression of
signals (for efficient transmission and storage)
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Medical sensors
(EKG monitoring, implantable sensors)
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From multiple
sensors (audio, visual, tactile, seismic)
From the Internet
* Content-based image retrieval – CBIR (searching for similar images based on image content
rather than by key words)
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Search for
trademarks/ logos (to identify unauthorized use)
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Search for
music, video clips, voice by content (copyright infringement)
From Video Cameras
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Stereo Vision
(multiple cameras for 3D vision)
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Optical flow
cameras (tracking movement of objects for vehicle guidance)
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Robotic vision
(guiding arm movement)
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Compression of
video (for efficient transmission and storage)
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Smart
surveillance cameras (identify and track events of interest)
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Object
recognition (identifying objects of interest)
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Target tracking
(smart munitions)
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Vehicle guidance
(drones, robotics)
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Facial
recognition, iris recognition, finger print (security - biometrics)
From Cameras with Still Photos
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Retrieval by
similar photo content
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Elimination of
similar and identical photos (storage and organization)
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Stitching
multiple photos together for panoramic views
From Scanned Images
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Forms processing
(Forms recognition, handprint recognition)
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Signature
verification
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Character
recognition (Postal code reading)
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Medical images
(EKG real time signal processing)
* Satellite images (Recognizing objects of interest – surveillance)