SightX: Obtaining Information on a Scene by Pointing a Camera
Daichi Namikawa, Hiroya Minami, Haruno Kataoka, Motohiro Makiguchi, Michio Shimomura · NTT technical review · 2013
This article describes the SightX communication service, which gives the user access to information without requiring the use of language.SightX allows users to obtain information about objects that they see in front of them when they do not know the name of the object or when they feel uncomfortable speaking into a device for information retrieval.With SightX, the user simply points the camera of a smart device at an object to retrieve information about it.