windows internet explorer + google search = URLs for jpg images

COM/ActiveX contol of internet explorer via matlab to search for jpg images.

Description

Matlab controls internet explorer (windows only)

Matlab submits search string to IE which submits it to Google's image search page.

Image URLs are collected until 100 unique ones are obtained.

This m-file corrects a lower case/upper case bug in an earlier submission.

• Acknowledgements: This submission has inspired the following:; Objects/Faces Detection Toolbox
• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.3 (R2006b)
• Other requirements: Windows XP (not vista tested) Internet Explorer 6 (not IE 7 tested)

[Rene Fung]

 

[Rene Fung]

It only works once in MATLAB. Then I have to restart MATLAB to download images. Otherwise 'no jpg files found'.