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+# [Currency Recognition](http://carlosmccosta.github.io/Currency-Recognition/)
 
-Augmented reality currency recognition
+
+## Overview
+This project focus on the detection and recognition of Euro banknotes and has the following associated paper:
+
+[Multiview banknote recognition with component and shape analysis](https://github.com/carlosmccosta/Currency-Recognition/raw/master/Report/Multiview%20banknote%20recognition%20with%20component%20and%20shape%20analysis.pdf)
+
+**Abstract**
+Robust banknote recognition in different perspective 
+views and in dynamic lighting conditions is a critical component in 
+assistive  systems  for  visually  impaired  people.  It  also  has  an 
+important  role  in  improving  the  security  of  ATM  maintenance 
+procedures  and  in  increasing  the  confidence  in  the  results
+computed by  automatic banknote counting machines.  Moreover, 
+with  the  proper  hardware,  it  can  be  an  effective  way  to  detect 
+counterfeit  banknotes.  With  these  applications  in  mind,  it  was 
+developed  a  system  that  can  recognize  multiple  banknotes  in 
+different perspective views and scales, even when they are part of 
+cluttered environments in which the lighting conditions may vary 
+considerably. The system is also able to recognize banknotes that 
+are partially visible, folded, wrinkled or even worn by usage.  To 
+accomplish  this  task,  the  system  is  based  in  image  processing 
+algorithms, such as feature detection, description and matching. 
+To improve the confidence in the recognition results, the contour 
+of the banknotes is computed using a homography, and its shape 
+is analyzed to make sure that it belongs to a banknote. The system 
+was  tested  with  82  test  images,  and  all  Euro  banknotes  were 
+successfully recognized, even when there were several  banknotes 
+in the same test image, and they were partially occluded.
+
+## Results
+
+![Fig. 1 - Detection of a banknote in an ideal perspective view](https://raw.github.com/carlosmccosta/Currency-Recognition/master/Results/Representative%20results/5__(5).jpg___SIFT-Detector_SIFT-Extractor_BF-Matcher_lowQualityImageDB_globalMatch__inliersMatches__0.jpg)
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+Fig. 1 - Detection of a banknote in an ideal perspective view
+
+
+![Fig. 2 - Detection of a banknote with perspective distortion](https://raw.github.com/carlosmccosta/Currency-Recognition/master/Results/Representative%20results/5__(6).jpg___SURF-Detector_SURF-Extractor_BF-Matcher_lowQualityImageDB_globalMatch__inliersMatches__0.jpg)
+
+Fig. 2 - Detection of a banknote with perspective distortion
+
+
+![Fig. 3 - Detection of a banknote in cluttered environments](https://raw.github.com/carlosmccosta/Currency-Recognition/master/Results/Representative%20results/10__(9).jpeg___SIFT-Detector_SIFT-Extractor_BF-Matcher_lowQualityImageDB_globalMatch__inliersMatches__0.jpg)
+
+Fig. 3 - Detection of a banknote in cluttered environments
+
+
+![Fig. 4 - Detection of partially occluded banknotes](https://raw.github.com/carlosmccosta/Currency-Recognition/master/Results/Representative%20results/500.jpg___GFTT-Detector_SIFT-Extractor_BF-Matcher_dynamicQualityImageDB_globalMatch__inliersMatches__0.jpg)
+![Fig. 4 - Detection of partially occluded banknotes](https://raw.github.com/carlosmccosta/Currency-Recognition/master/Results/Representative%20results/50__(13).jpg___SIFT-Detector_SIFT-Extractor_BF-Matcher_mediumQualityImageDB_globalMatch__inliersMatches__0.jpg)
+
+Fig. 4 - Detection of partially occluded banknotes
+
+
+![Fig. 5 - Detection of overlapping banknotes](https://raw.github.com/carlosmccosta/Currency-Recognition/master/Results/Representative%20results/10-20-50.jpg___SIFT-Detector_SIFT-Extractor_BF-Matcher_dynamicQualityImageDB_globalMatch__inliersMatches__1.jpg)
+![Fig. 5 - Detection of overlapping banknotes](https://raw.github.com/carlosmccosta/Currency-Recognition/master/Results/Representative%20results/10-20-50.jpg___SIFT-Detector_SIFT-Extractor_BF-Matcher_dynamicQualityImageDB_globalMatch__inliersMatches__2.jpg)
+![Fig. 5 - Detection of overlapping banknotes](https://raw.github.com/carlosmccosta/Currency-Recognition/master/Results/Representative%20results/10-20-50.jpg___SIFT-Detector_SIFT-Extractor_BF-Matcher_dynamicQualityImageDB_globalMatch__inliersMatches__0.jpg)
+
+Fig. 5 - Detection of overlapping banknotes
+
+
+## Releases
+[Windows 8.1 release](https://github.com/carlosmccosta/Currency-Recognition/releases)
+
+
+
+## Building and developing
+The setup instructions on how to build and develop in Visual Studio is available [here](https://github.com/carlosmccosta/Currency-Recognition/blob/master/CurrencyRecognition/docs/Visual%20Studio%20configuration%20for%20OpenCV%202.4.8.txt)