The Rosetta Phone: A hand-held device for automatic translation of signs in natural images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6821, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jafri, Syed Ali Raza ^a   Mikkilineni, Aravind K ^a   Boutin, Mireille ^a   Delp, Edward J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Handheld mobile device; Interpretation; Multimedia; Translation

Indexed keywords

HANDHELD MOBILE DEVICE; INTERPRETATION;

HAND HELD COMPUTERS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; SEARCH ENGINES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 41149098141     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.766648     Document Type: Conference Paper

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