Flaw analysis of images

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed to provide flaw accentuation to an image in an e-commerce online marketplace. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving at an online marketplace, from a seller through the Internet, an image of an item being listed for sale at the online marketplace and text related to the item being listed for sale; determining that the item includes a flaw based on the text related to the item being listed for sale or the image of the item; creating a flaw accentuation to the image; and creating a listing in the online marketplace for the item that includes the image and the flaw accentuation to the image.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for flaw detection of a digital image, the method comprising:
 receiving, at one or more servers, an image of an item as part of an item listing on an electronic marketplace;   flagging the item as flawed based at least in part on a determination that the image has been digitally altered, the determination based at least in part on processing the image using one or more software tools; and   selectively canceling, by the one or more servers and in accordance with flagging the item as flawed, generation of the item listing of the item for sale in the electronic marketplace.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selectively canceling the generation of the item listing comprises:
 displaying, via a user interface, a message requesting a new image of the item; and   canceling the generation of the item listing based at least in part on failing to receive the new image.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selectively canceling the generation of the item listing comprises:
 displaying, via a user interface, a message requesting a new image of the item;   receiving, at the one or more servers, the new image of the item;   determining, based at least in part on processing the new image using the one or more software tools, that the new image is digitally unaltered; and   generating, using the new image, the item listing for sale in the electronic marketplace.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selectively canceling the generation of the item listing comprises:
 generating, using the image, the item listing for sale in the electronic marketplace, the item listing indicating that the image has been digitally altered.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining that the image has been digitally altered based at least in part on applying one or more digital image filters to at least a portion of the image, the one or more software tools comprising the one or more digital image filters.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 selecting, from a database comprising a plurality of digital image filters, the one or more digital image filters.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining that the image has been digitally altered based at least in part on receiving, with the image, metadata associated with the image.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining that the image has been digitally altered based at least in part on metadata indicating that the image was saved by a photo editing application, the metadata associated with the image.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining that the image has been digitally altered based at least in part on a numerical quantity of entries to a history field of metadata satisfying a threshold value, the metadata associated with the image.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 uploading the image to a webpage associated with forensic analysis, the one or more software tools comprising the webpage; and   obtaining, based at least in part on uploading the image, forensic analysis data corresponding to the image, the forensic analysis data indicating that the image has been digitally altered.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining that the image has been digitally altered based at least in part on a difference between the image and a previously saved version of the image satisfying a threshold value.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 decreasing, in accordance with flagging the item as flawed, a rating value for a seller of the item by a numerical value, the numerical value corresponding to the image being digitally altered.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 decreasing, in accordance with flagging the item as flawed, an item ranking of the item by a numerical value, the numerical value corresponding to the image being digitally altered.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the image is digitally altered to remove a flaw. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more software tools comprise an error level analysis tool, a principal component analysis tool, a principal component analysis cross-product tool, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         16 . A system, comprising:
 one or more processors;   a network interface; and   memory including instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
 receiving an image of an item as part of an item listing on an electronic marketplace; 
 flagging the item as flawed based at least in part on a determination that the image has been digitally altered, the determination based at least in part on processing the image using one or more software tools; and 
 selectively canceling, in accordance with flagging the item as flawed, generation of the item listing of the item for sale in the electronic marketplace. 
   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the instructions, upon execution by the one or more processors, further cause the system to perform operations comprising:
 determining that the image has been digitally altered based at least in part on applying one or more digital image filters to at least a portion of the image, the one or more software tools comprising the one or more digital image filters.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the instructions, upon execution by the one or more processors, further cause the system to perform operations comprising:
 determining that the image has been digitally altered based at least in part on receiving, with the image, metadata associated with the image.   
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a system to perform operations comprising:
 receiving an image of an item as part of an item listing on an electronic marketplace;   flagging the item as flawed based at least in part on a determination that the image has been digitally altered, the determination based at least in part on processing the image using one or more software tools; and   selectively canceling, in accordance with flagging the item as flawed, generation of the item listing of the item for sale in the electronic marketplace.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the instructions, upon execution by the one or more processors, further cause the system to perform operations comprising:
 determining that the image has been digitally altered based at least in part on applying one or more digital image filters to at least a portion of the image, the one or more software tools comprising the one or more digital image filters.