About Us

Ideeplex Back Our goal at Idée is to make images searchable.

Idée Inc. develops advanced image identification and visual search software. Our technology looks at the patterns and pixels of images and videos to make each image or frame searchable by colour, similarity or exact duplicate.

Idée created TinEye, the world’s first reverse image search engine. Submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords or metadata to search for images.

Idée’s image recognition software includes PixID, the world’s only automated image monitoring service for printed publications. PixID analyzes client image collections and actively tracks where their images appear in magazines and newspapers. Idée’s proprietary software creates a digital fingerprint for each client image and compares it to print publication images. PixID provides clients with daily online reports detailing exactly where and how their images have been used. PixID helps editorial, celebrity and entertainment photography firms to accurately track image usage and automate their image licensing billing.

Idée’s image search solutions are the foundation for some of the world’s leading imaging firms, including Adobe Systems Inc., and the most widely adopted solutions in the digital media industry.

Idée is an independent, privately held company headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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  • Judy Blumstock Principal, Genesys Capital Partners
  • Dr. Sven Dickinson Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
  • Dr. Paul Fieguth Professor, Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo
  • Steve Rosenberg Vice President R&D, Application Performance Management, Quest Software