Video-equipped cellphones could soon offer simple way to find useful information about the surrounding world.
Currently, the best way to use a cellphone to find information about, for example, a product or an ad on a wall is by entering an internet search query with the keypad. Soon, however, it may be easier to simply record a video clip of an item of interest and have your phone tell you about it instead.
Video search makes phone a 'second pair of eyes'
Researchers at Accenture Technology Labs
in France have developed technology that makes this possible using any ordinary 3G cellphone equipped with a video camera.
Pocket Supercomputer (project leader): Leverages new high-speed low-latency telecommunications and networking infrastructure along with state-of-the art image and sound processing algorithms to create an experience of an always available, immensely powerful and intelligent 'contextually aware' device that fits in the user's palm or pocket. Current working prototype includes full-framerate visual object recognition, audio/video media streaming and recording, motion-controlled camera steering and 3D viewport control, transparent augmented reality overlays, speech generation, and more, all on a standard camera phone or wifi portable device.
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Overview of Accenture Technology LabsFredrik Linaker
