Recognizing locations with Google Glass: A case study

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Wearable computers are rapidly gaining popularity as more people incorporate them into their everyday lives. The introduction of these devices allows for wider deployment of Computer Vision based applications. In this paper, we describe a system developed to deliver users of wearable computers a tour guide experience. In building our system, we compare and contrast different techniques towards achieving our goals. Those techniques include using various descriptor types, such as HOG, SIFT and SURF, under different encoding models, such as holistic approaches, Bag-of-Words, and Fisher Vectors. We evaluate those approaches using classification methods including Nearest Neighbor and Support Vector Machines. We also show how to incorporate information external to images, specifically GPS, to improve the user experience.

Original languageEnglish
Journal2014 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2014
Pages (from-to)167-174
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2014 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2014 - Steamboat Springs, CO, United States
Duration: 24 Mar 201426 Mar 2014

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2014
CountryUnited States
CitySteamboat Springs, CO
Period24/03/201426/03/2014

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