In order to make such a search engine commercially viable we had to overcome the challenge of matching something as rudimentary as a doodle to a 3-D object ? in seconds. This is important, as Web users have become accustomed to retrieving information instantaneously. Our shape-search engine processes data that are far more complex then those handled by the leading Internet search engines, and yet still finds results quickly. |
It's the difference between describing a part over the phone and seeing it in person. You can look at it visually instead of explaining it in words. |