Image recognition on the index finger
Usually, people point to things they find interesting - or to emphasize what is involved in a conversation straight. A new project by researchers at MIT, the pointing gesture wants to put into something else: For a new method by which a user can learn more about his environment, Technology Review reported in its online edition. For this they have developed a new intelligent ring, which can detect the environment.
The system is named Eyering and allows the user to point to an object and to get an instant feedback on what subject he had just interpreted. The project is produced in the laboratory by Pattie Maes, a professor at the MIT Media Lab. The Eyering visually impaired, for example, serve as a navigation aid and as a reading device: one Denotes a text, a voice that speaks. Also conceivable is the use as a translation system, or as a learning aid for children. If all goes well, will soon be the prototype of a commercial product.
Maes' development is still made of plastic and comes from a 3-D printer. The Eyering contains a small camera, a processor and a Bluetooth radio. To use the device, you press twice, first to a small button on the side and then say a command to retrieve the desired function. Currently, the system can, among other currencies, texts, identify prices on price tags and colors. The actual logic is separated out into a smartphone, where the image recognition is performed. The Eyering will later cost under $ 100. Until that happens, the system still needs to go through further iterations. "Currently we are at a stage where we have to show that it is a useful development," says Roy Shilkrot project staff.
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