Object information based on marker recognition
Markku Hauta‐Kasari, Vladimir Bochko · 2013
Augmented reality applications for mobile phones have recently become the subject of special interest. Several decades ago augmented reality technologies were mainly used by air forces for military purposes. However, recent advances in augmented reality technologies and computer vision methods have led to a significant increase in the scope of their possible applications. This has happened due to the fact that augmented reality techniques enable to make the information about reality more interactive and to enhance the users’ perceptions about it. This research focuses on the image-processing methods, in particular, marker-based tracking, describes marker types and marker detection algorithms, as well as stages involved in the process of marker detection and recognition. The aim of this study is to develop the application for object recognition in museums and evaluate its recognition performance in a series of practical experiments. The results of these experiments, carried out under varying environment settings, suggest that the developed application is found to be reasonably accurate for the object recognition purposes. Finally, some suggestions are provided that relate to future improvements of the application.