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Team iCatch: $450
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iCatch is an image comparison tool which is unlike anything you
have seen before. It is faster, more capable and designed
specifically for the forensic environment.
What does iCatch do? It compares images against information in
a database to locate similar images. The result is for the
first time you have in your hands the potential to locate
significant images on a subject hard drive without spending hours
examining thumbnail pictures, trying to separate the "wheat" from
the "chaff". iCatch has the capability to do a great deal of
this separation for you, automatically and without human guidance.
The results of the comparison are displayed in a ranked list with
the most similar images at the top. This list can be very
large - we have run tests with over 100,000 images in a single run
against a database of more than 500,000 images.
iCatch uses unique techniques to search the database such that it is
possible to have extremely large databases and still perform very
quickly. Other image comparison software begins to degrade
when the number of images being compared against increases.
How would you use this? Assuming you have a collection of
pictures of fur coats and you trying to establish if a hard drive
contains pictures of similar coats involved in illegal activities.
If there are a few hundred images on the subject hard drive, this is a
reasonable task for a person. When there are 30,000 digital
photographs on the hard drive in no apparent organization this becomes
a significant task. With iCatch is takes about 2 minutes to set
up and can then run unattended until it finishes. With
appropriate hardware, iCatch can process 40,000 images per hour or
more.
There are other types of image-related cases that this tool can be
even more valuable for.
iCatch supports .ART, .BMP, .GIF, .JPEG, PNG and .TIFF as well as raw
camera files from over 125 different digital cameras. iCatch
automatically processes images that are in ZIP archives.
iCatch includes the ability to export image information (but not
the images themselves) from its database. This can then uploaded
to a Shared Database Server and updates to your database downloaded.
The advantage of this is a mechanism for sharing image comparison data
between organizations without the need for sharing the actual images
themselves. iCatch maintains full tracking information in the
database when additional information about an image is required.
iCatch one-page summary PDF.
iCatch Products
There are two separate products in the iCatch family:
- Private iCatch
This is designed for use by a single person on a single computer,
possibly a notebook. Performance will not be optimal in this
configuration, but it requires the least resources.
There is a minimum requirement of a 2 Ghz clock speed and 1024MB of
RAM. A dual-processor machine will help as well.
- Team iCatch
Best performance.
Requires the use of a separate database server. Designed for
multiple users sharing the same database. Eliminates all
synchronization issues between different workstations.
Private iCatch
This product is distributed with a database engine that is designed
to operate on the same computer as the iCatch application. This can
introduce some serious limitations on performance. The database engine
has additional capacity limitations that may also be significant – a
maximum of approximately 1 million records can be held.
Multiple workstations using Private iCatch can be synchronized, but it
can be a time-consuming process for more than two or three
workstations. Up to three Private iCatch workstations can be
linked to the same database, but this is not advised for most
organizations. Please contact InfinaDyne for more information
about what configuration fits your needs and budget.
Private iCatch can make use of multiple processors and a minimum of
1024MB of RAM is suggested.
Team iCatch
This product requires a separate database engine, usually on a
separate server. With this configuration significantly better
performance can be achieved than with Private iCatch. By having
multiple workstations sharing the same database all synchronization
considerations are eliminated allowing for much better group workflow.
Team iCatch has virtually unlimited capacity using any of the
supported database engines. Because of the unique way in which the
iCatch application searches image data, having millions of images in
the database does not degrade performance.
Team iCatch can make use of multiple processors and a minimum of 512MB
of RAM is suggested. A dual processor configuration with at least
1024MB of RAM is suggested for the database server.
InfinaDyne has resources to assist you in the configuration of a
database server and selection of the proper database system for use
with iCatch. iCatch can operate with most database systems and
has been tested with MS SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL (Linux). We
recommend MS SQL Server.
Evaluation
The iCatch evaluation is distributed as a 45MB download on request
only. If it is not possible for you to download a file of this
size, we can send it to you on CD. The evaluation is similar to
the Private iCatch product and includes a database engine which is
installed with the evaluation. It does not use any form of
biometric authentication and it is not possible to connect data
entered in the evaluation version to a licensed version of iCatch.
If you have any questions about the evaluation, please contact
InfinaDyne. We are available at 1-888-759-0600 Monday through
Friday 9 AM to 5 PM Arizona time.
About the Logo
The icon used in the iCatch logo is a
representation of the “Eye of Horus”, an ancient symbol of protection,
wisdom, health and prosperity.
Horus was one of the most important Egyptian
gods, a sun-god, the son of Osiris and Isis. In Egyptian
hieroglyphs his pictograph shows him
as a falcon or with the head of a hawk. The right eye is the sun and
the left is the moon
iCatch is a very
advanced and powerful forensic tool for image comparison and matching.
iCatch will change the way you work with images, both in law
enforcement and corporate security. The power that iCatch brings to
image comparison, matching and analysis will offer protection and
wisdom and perhaps even health and prosperity. You may not work for
Osiris, but the results from iCatch will certainly shine.