Google to bring more image recognition technology to smartphonesJanuary 28, 2016 - 13:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google on Wednesday, January 28 announced a partnership with Silicon Valley chip maker Movidius to help bring more powerful image recognition technology directly to smartphones, the Verge reports. In current devices, those kinds of capabilities are typically restricted to cloud-based apps, which communicate with servers to tap into advanced artificial intelligence techniques for performing facial recognition and other tasks. The new collaboration, however, will see Google place Movidius' MA2450 chip inside Android handsets to allow them to understand and identify images like faces and street signs in real time, without the need to upload photos and wait for algorithms to do their magic in the cloud. The potential is huge for people with disabilities — an image-recognizing smartphone could help blind individuals more easily maneuver urban areas or converse with familiar people on the street. It's an extension of what Google already does with Google Translate, which works entirely offline and allows users to hold their phone in front of words in a foreign language and see the text translated on the screen. This time, though, Google is trying to crack the difficult problem of recognizing objects and even people, not just text. Google Photos, the company's storage software, already does this in the cloud, letting you search for things like mountains or flowers online and see corresponding photos, but only when connected to Google servers. Movidius, which specializes in computer vision, has worked with Google in the past on Project Tango, the company's initiative aimed at allowing phones to 3D map real-world environments. Related links: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |