Image Categorization Database and Related Applications

摘要

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a new way of categorizing and searching image files. More specially, the present invention provides a system and method that can provide image categorization in a game like environment wherein the participants can freely input language units that describe or refer to corresponding images, wherein the inputted language units can be categorized and corresponding scores will be given according to the which categories the inputted language units fall into, wherein an image categorization database can be established and images can be searched according to the various types of categorization, and the categories of the language units in the image database can be used to rank image search results.