doi: 10.4304/jsw.6.9.1664-1671
Cyclops – Snapshot Translation System Based on Mobile Device
- Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau, Macao S.A.R., China
Abstract
This paper presents a snapshot translation system, Cyclops. It realizes the translation of textural information being captured as an image via a digital camera of mobile device. The design framework of Cyclops is targeted at providing user the most comprehensive interface in using language translation tool to access the meaning of nonnative text in a more natural and efficient way. It supports the translation of languages from Chinese to Portuguese and English. In the course of system realization, several technical challenges were encountered. The system has been developed based on the technologies of image processing, optical character recognition (OCR), and machine translation (MT). Most importantly, the system is designed to run on the common usage mobile devices which have memory and storage limitations.
Keywords
- Snapshot
- Translation;
- Natural
- Language
- P
How to Cite
Fai Wong, Sam Chao, and Wai Kit Chan, "Cyclops – Snapshot Translation System Based on Mobile Device," Journal of Software, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 1664-1671, 2011. https://doi.org/ 10.4304/jsw.6.9.1664-1671
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Copyright © 2011 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).