AI Project: Surface Matching with Amateur Photography

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AI ProjectSurface Matching with Amateur
Photography

• Chris Trevino

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The Vision

• The original goal of this project was to find a
  way to systematically restore broken
  stalagmites/stalactites in natural caverns.
• The scope has evolved into a general purpose
  image comparison tool using AI to make up for
  casual photography as opposed to strictly
  registered photographs.

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Evolution

• The current state of the comparison algorithm
  uses image intensities to compare photographs,
  further improvements would also use feature
  recognition.

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Business Prospects

• The business prospects for this kind of tool are
  somewhat limited.
• Tool for anthropologists/archaeologists in their
  research.
• Patenting this method could be feasible.