Human beings can easily determine if an image is similar to another one, in a way that is important to the viewer. This evaluation of similarity may be based on shapes, colors, image composition, object proximity, or a combination of these factors. Computers are notoriously poor at this task, which today greatly limits many image-based applications.

With the introduction of the CogniSign Intelligent Image Recognition Technology, computers can now perform image search as well as humans, enabling new approaches to many image search and content management applications.