Mobile landmark recognition for information retrieval

• Main Author: Huang, Weichang.
• Other Authors: Yap Kim Hui
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Computer hardware, software and systems
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49967
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With smart phone becoming more common in the world, mobile applications will in turn become more essential in the market. Landmark recognition with mobile devices will be an exciting area to be explored. In this report, landmark recognition is looked into. A database is built using mostly internet images for it is fast and cheap. Landmark recognition process is done using approach based on Nist´er‟s and Henrik Stew´enius‟s approach. Problems and solutions of using internet images are discussed. Landmark performance analysis and improvement were done. Possibility of the use of context information like GPS in landmark recognition will also be covered.