An application that allows user to search for their favorite book just by taking a picture of it.
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There are many ways to search for a book that you are interested in - searching it by name, author, ISBN, and any other relevant features. That is all great, but the process is becoming very long as we introduce more and more features in the search system. And what if we want to find the cheapest place to buy the book? We would need to go to multiple websites and type the same query all over again!
This open-source project tries to solve that problem by leveraging the power of Deep Learning and creating an engine that allows an end-user to take a picture of books' cover and find places where they can buy the book.
This Book Search Engine is an open-source project that demonstrates a way of using Deep Learning in a real-world setting.
It is opened for contributions. :-)
To get a local copy up and running follow these simple example steps.
To run this project you'll need Python 3.5 or later and all dependencies listed in the requirements.txt.
To install all dependencies listend in the requirements file:
pip install -r requirements.txt - Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/lucko515/search-book-by-cover-server.git- Create the dataset folder in the dataset_builder_module folder
mkdir dataset_builder_module/dataset- Download the books covers dataset from the Kaggle and unpack the dataset into the dataset folder
Link to the dataset: https://www.kaggle.com/lukaanicin/book-covers-dataset
- Run the script dataset_features_generator.py
python(3) dataset_features_generator.py- Start the Flaks server with the server.py
python(3) server.py
Let's improve this project together! :-)
Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to be learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
- Fork the Project
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b feature_name/NewFeature) - Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'Explain your commit') - Push to the Branch (
git push origin feature_name/NewFeature) - Open a Pull Request
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.
Luka Anicin - @luka_anicin_fn - luka.anicin@gmail.com
Server of the project repo: https://github.com/lucko515/search-book-by-cover-server
Android application front-end repo: https://github.com/lucko515/search-book-by-cover-android-app