A.B.C. ( A.I. Book Cataloguer )
Hello everyone! This is our first thread in the community, and we’re excited to share what we’re building with the challenge kit! Project titleA.B.C. ( A.I. Book Cataloguer ) What you’ll be buildingWe’re developing a next-generation tabletop station that automatically scans a book’s cover, uses an on-device AI model to extract the title, author, and publisher, and instantly displays the results on screen. The operator simply places the book on the surface beneath a camera connected to the Orange Pi running Metis and reviews the output-fast, intuitive, and hands-free.The system combines an object-recognition model, used to distinguish the operator’s hands from the book itself, with an OCR model that extracts the text of interest directly from the cover, enabling accurate, real-time identification of title, author, and publisher.If the information is correct, the book is cleared; if not, the operator simply crosses their index fingers to form an X under the camera. This gesture is detect
