SeeScan; a mobile PDA phone service providing automated access to object recognit

描述（由申请人提供）：拟进行研究的目的是利用物体识别算法的最新进展和全国无线宽带网络的可用性来开发“See Scan”；一种支持摄像头的移动PDA电话服务，为视力受损的人提供物体识别服务。目的是通过提供一个移动系统来增加功能独立性，人们可以：(1)轻松快速地检测和定位特定物体，以及(2)被告知特定物体集合中物体的存在。在第一种情况下，待定位的对象可以是一盒特定的麦片；在第二种情况下，被识别的对象可能是一组货币面额中的一种货币（例如，5美元纸币）。这种服务将通过开发一种系统来完成，该系统采用可访问的移动照相电话来捕获静止图像和实时视频并将其传输到远程计算机（或服务器）以进行对象识别处理。一旦识别出一个物体，文本到语音的输出将命名该物体，并帮助人们向它移动。目的是通过提供一个移动系统来增加功能独立性，有了这个系统，视力丧失的人可以：(1)轻松快速地检测和定位特定的物体，(2)在特定的物体集合中被告知物体的存在。在第一种情况下，待定位的对象可以是一盒特定的麦片；在第二种情况下，被识别的对象可能是一组货币面额中的一种货币（例如，5美元纸币）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the proposed research is to take advantage of recent advances in object recognition algorithms and availability of nationwide wireless broadband networks to develop "See Scan"; a camera enabled mobile PDA phone service providing access to object recognition for people with vision loss. The intent is to increase functional independence by providing a mobile system with which the person can: (1) easily and quickly detect and locate a specific object, and (2) be apprised of the presence of an object within a specific set of objects. In the first case, the object to be located may be a specific box of cereal; in the second case, the object being recognized may be a denomination of money (e.g., $5 bill) within a set of monetary denominations. Such service will be accomplished through the development of a system that employs an accessible mobile camera phone to capture and transmit still images and live video to a remote computer (or server) for object recognition processing. Once an object is recognized, text to speech output will name the object and assist the person in moving toward it. The intent is to increase functional independence by providing a mobile system with which the person with vision loss can: (1) easily and quickly detect and locate a specific object, and (2) be apprised of the presence of an object within a specific set of objects. In the first case, the object to be located may be a specific box of cereal; in the second case, the object being recognized may be a denomination of money (e.g., $5 bill) within a set of monetary denominations.