"MinervaGate" is an application for smartphones that uses the worlds highest level of image recognition technology of NEC (NEC Corporation)s proprietary image recognition engine.
By simply holding your smartphones camera up to actual attractions and tourist destinations, or pamphlets, magazine pictures, product packaging, billboards etc. it will instantly reference the image to a database and offer web page information and video links that can be accessed instantly through your smartphone.
Also with the recognition of souvenirs and tourist destinations, it is possible to provide information of souvenir shops and tourist guides, as well as company information.
Valuable travel tool for all travelers to Japan.
What Japanese call "Omotenashi" tool or "hospitality tool", to make site-seeing fun and informative.
Please use "MinervaGate" next time you come to Japan!
Image recognition technology
"MinervaGate" uses "GAZIRU" worlds highest level of image recognition technology, NECs proprietary image recognition engine.
Please refer to the site of the NEC for more information.
"GAZIRU" NECs image recognition technology.
(http://jpn.nec.com/solution/cloud/gazou)
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