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We propose a system helping the blind to get best-before/use-by date of perishable foods. The system consists of a computer, a wireless camera and an earphone. It processes images captured by a user and extracts character regions in the image by using Support Vector Machine (SVM). Processing the regions by Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and the system outputs the best-before/use-by date as synthesized speech.
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- Support Vector Machine
- Recognition Result
- Optical Character Recognition
- Perishable Food
- Support Vector Machine Training
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Tanaka, N., Doi, Y., Matsumoto, T., Takeuchi, Y., Kudo, H., Ohnishi, N. (2012). A System Helping the Blind to Get Merchandise Information. In: Miesenberger, K., Karshmer, A., Penaz, P., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7383. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31534-3_87
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