3.  SCAN SEARCH

Scan Search  is an iNew V8 application designed for use with the VoiceOver  available on the iNew V8 3GS and later models.  The interaction  to identify objects with  real-time scanning  is simple and intuitive, and fully accessible for blind users.

3.1  System Description

As shown in Figure 2, the Scan Search  system has two modules that  work together to facilitate real  time  object identification while  scanning objects. The first one is a key frame extraction module that will be described in detail in the next section. It runs on continuous camera video stream to retrieve high quality frames. The quality of a frame is defined as the stableness of the camera at the time the frame is recorded and the richness of visual characteristic  features ... Read more »