Image Nudity Filter class over at phpclasses

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Wednesday, October 4. 2006

Posted by Jonathan Street in PHP Programming at 15:16

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Image Nudity Filter class over at phpclasses

I've just noticed this post discussing one of the classes in the phpclasses August awards. The image nudity filter class came in second dispite being 'extraordinary'. I remember giving serious thought to voting for this class but I chose not to based on some negative reviews. Those reviews have since disappeared but with the increased discussion I felt the class deserved to be re-examined.

There is an online example so the class is easy to try out and as such I spent the last few minutes playing with it. Despite being voted second I have to go with the negative reviews, the class seems to simply identify skin tones. This means that a solid block of colour, essentially a blank image, returns a result as 100% and an image containing nudity will return a very low score as long as the tint is slightly adjusted.

This class is certainly 'innovating' and a significant step in the right direction but it is not to my mind 'extraordinary'.

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Is it really necessary to perpetuate the prudishness of Amerikan culture???
#1 Ben Holmes on 2006-10-30 02:43
I'm not sure it is really for me to comment on American culture, having spent only 2 days in the country.

Speaking more generally however I do think there is a case for a script which allows suspicious content to be identified and flagged to a webmaster. If you're not involved with the sex industry it is going to be rare that pictures of naked people enrich the experiences of your visitors.
#1.1 Jonathan Street (Homepage) on 2006-10-30 02:54
this class is doesnt work fine, i put a pic with only my face and this percent appear like 60% like a nude pic.. this recognize big areas of skin, but not all pic with skin are nudity.
#2 juan carlos on 2006-11-12 11:22

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