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In
a
bid
to
assist
visually
impaired
people
to
easily
determine
denomination
of
currency
notes,
the
Indian
Institute
of
Technology
at
Ropar
in
Punjab
has
developed
an
Android
App
“Roshni”,
using
image
processing
and
analytics.
The
App
was
launched
on
Wednesday
at
the
IIT
Ropar.
Assistant
professor
Puneet
Goyal,
said
that
‘Roshni’
is
the
first
Android
App
that
works
successfully
with
new
currency
notes
that
were
released
after
demonetisation
and
it
works
well
in
broad
range
of
light
conditions
and
holding
angles.
“This
App
utilises
an
adaptable
deep
learning
framework,
which
further
uses
the
patterns
and
features
embedded
on
the
notes
to
differentiate
and
determine
the
currency
denomination.
Our
IPSA
(Image
processing,
Security
and
Analytics)
lab
prepared
a
rich
dataset
of
more
than
13,
000
images
of
currency
notes
under
varied
real-world
conditions.
The
user
has
to
bring
the
currency
note
in
front
of
phone
camera
and
the
App
would
provide
audio
notification
intimating
the
currency
note
denomination
to
the
user,"
said
Mr.
Goyal.
The
team
includes
Dr.
Puneet
Goyal,
Ph.D
scholars
Mandhatya
Singh
and
Joohi
Chauhan,
and
student
R.
Ram
of
the
CSE
&
Engineering
department.
The
Seeing
AI
App
by
Microsoft
is
the
only
other
App
that
facilitates
recognition
of
both
old
and
new
Indian
currency
notes,
but
it
is
an
iOS
App
and
not
available
for
school
for
visually
impaired
recently
and
performed
the
App
testing
there.
Ms.
Nirmala,
faculty
member
of
the
school,
in
a
statement
added
“Earlier
the
visually
impaired
persons,
differentiated
the
currencies
based
on
the
length
and
width
of
the
note.
But
after
demonetisation
it
became
very
difficult
for
them
to
identify
the
denomination,
due
to
similarity
in
the
sizes
of
new
and
old
notes.
Also,
for
those
individuals
who
lost
their
vision
due
to
old
age
or
some
other
conditions,
'Roshni'
will
be
very
beneficial.”
In
a
bid
to
assist
visually
impaired
people
to
easily
determine
denomination
of
currency
notes,
the
Indian
Institute
of
Technology
at
Ropar
in
Punjab
has
developed
an
Android
App
“Roshni”,
using
image
processing
and
analytics.
The
App
was
launched
on
Wednesday
at
the
IIT
Ropar.
Assistant
professor
Puneet
Goyal,
said
that
‘Roshni’
is
the
first
Android
App
that
works
successfully
with
new
currency
notes
that
were
released
after
demonetisation
and
it
works
well
in
broad
range
of
light
conditions
and
holding
angles.
“This
App
utilises
an
adaptable
deep
learning
framework,
which
further
uses
the
patterns
and
features
embedded
on
the
notes
to
differentiate
and
determine
the
currency
denomination.
Our
IPSA
(Image
processing,
Security
and
Analytics)
lab
prepared
a
rich
dataset
of
more
than
13,
000
images
of
currency
notes
under
varied
real-world
conditions.
The
user
has
to
bring
the
currency
note
in
front
of
phone
camera
and