{"id":245882,"date":"2016-06-29T23:14:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T06:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&#038;p=245882"},"modified":"2020-06-19T01:17:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T08:17:11","slug":"flowerreco","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/flowerreco\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower Recognition, a Garage Project (Retired)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Flower Recognition app is really as straightforward as it sounds &#8212; take a picture of a flower, and our app will tell you its common name, as well as a few other details. Simple!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\">The Chinese version of this page can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/flowerreco-cn\/\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-332141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_1-1-300x107.png\" alt=\"image_1\" width=\"883\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_1-1-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_1-1-768x273.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_1-1.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Created for iOS, Flower Reco is local only &#8212; no online connection is required, so feel free to take it with you on a mountain hike, or anywhere a data connection may be iffy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The Flower Recognition App is No Longer Available<\/h2>\n<p>The Flower Recognition app was available from the App Store, and required iOS 8.2 to iOS 9.3.5. iOS 10 users may have had issues with the app &#8212; see <a href=\"#ReleaseNotes\"> Release Notes<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<p>The first version is Chinese only. However, each flower&#8217;s English name is included in the results, so English speakers could still get some useful info. And the screens are easy for anyone to navigate.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Get Support for Flower Recognition<\/h2>\n<p>If you need help or have some feedback for the team you can email us at <a href=\"mailto:flowersa@microsoft.com\">Flower Reco Support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How To Use<\/h2>\n<p>First take a picture of a flower, or choose an existing photo from your Camera Roll.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-295955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_2-1-300x150.png\" alt=\"image_2\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_2-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_2-1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_2-1.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Resize the image so the Flower completely fills the screen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-332147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_3-300x150.png\" alt=\"image_3\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_3-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_3-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_3.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At this point you should get a recognition result. Tapping the ribbon will show other similar flowers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-332150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_4-300x150.png\" alt=\"image_4\" width=\"558\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_4-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_4-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_4.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tap anywhere on the card to see more details about the flower.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-332153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_5-300x150.png\" alt=\"image_5\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_5-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_5-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_5.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can share your results to other apps on your phone. Or you can send us Feedback about the recognition result.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-332156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_6-300x150.png\" alt=\"image_6\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_6-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_6-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_6.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Who are We?<\/h2>\n<div>We are members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/innovation-engineering\/\">Innovation Engineering Group<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/multimedia-search-and-mining\/\">Multimedia Search and Mining<\/a>, and the Outreach team of the Microsoft Research Asia Lab in Beijing.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-270990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/team0803_resized-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"team0803_resized\" width=\"721\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/team0803_resized-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/team0803_resized-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/team0803_resized-1024x626.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: xx-small\">Flower Descriptions and photos were provided by Suliya Ma of the Beijing Forestry University; Liu Bing, <span style=\"font-size: xx-small\">Lin Qinwen, and Cai Wentao of the <\/span>Chinese Academy of Science; Chen Bin and <span style=\"font-size: xx-small\">Wang Yuan<\/span>\u00a0of the Shanghai Chen Shan Botanical Garden; Xu Yechun of the Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences;\u00a0 Zhang Jinlong of the Kadoorie Farm and Botanical Garden of\u00a0Hong Kong; and Liu Bo of the Minzu University of China.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flower Recognition app is really as straightforward as it sounds &#8212; take a picture of a flower, and our app will tell you its common name, as well as a few other details. 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