On-device Supermarket Product Recognition

1 · Google AI Research · Aug. 11, 2020, 6:22 p.m.
Posted by Chao Chen, Software Engineer, Google Research One of the greatest challenges faced by users who are visually impaired is identifying packaged foods, both in a grocery store and also in their kitchen cupboard at home. This is because many foods share the same packaging, such as boxes, tins, bottles and jars, and only differ in the text and imagery printed on the label. However, the ubiquity of smart mobile devices provides an opportunity to address such challenges using machine learning...