May 13, 2006
Search By Camera! delivers product data from cellphone pics
According to PC Magazine via Engadget Mobile, "a new cameraphone-based image recognition service called Search By Camera! - developed by Bandai Networks and D2 Communications - is promising to help consumers acquire info on products by simply snapping a picture while shopping.
According to a release from Evolution Robotics, "consumers can point their camera phones at virtually any printed image of a product, take a picture and the camera will grab a pattern and match it a growing database of product patterns and images on a remote server. That server will match the ID up with product information, pricing and more and deliver it back to the cell phone.
"We strongly believe that image recognition technologies will be a key element not only in robotics, but also in mobile search," Yutaka Yamamoto, general manager of the Asia division of Evolution Robotics, said in a statement.
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