Microsoft Asia Institute Innovation Technology list: Using large data to monitor nature

Recently, "Microsoft Innovation Day 2013" event held in Beijing. Activities around the "natural user Interface", "Big Data and machine learning", "cloud computing and mobile technology" and "technology leading product innovation" and other four major themes, showing 21 cutting-edge innovation technology and applications.

The following is the Tencent technology for you to select, worth paying attention to five innovative technologies:

1. Sign language translation system based on http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/13717.html ">kinect"

The Kinect-based sign Language translation system

The system is based on research findings in the fields of translation and natural language processing, speech and gesture recognition, and is identified and translated using the Kinect device's opponent language. The system also supports the recognition and translation of Chinese sign Language and English sign language, and can translate text information back into sign language.

It can be imagined that the hearing-impaired are speaking in their language in front of the listening audience, and each audience can understand his speech directly.

2. Predictive models for global problems

The model uses Microsoft's cloud computing system Azure to store and analyze environmental data, then uses machine learning technology to build predictive models, applies them to predictive services, and can run on any device as needed.

These predictions can tell us when and where serious problems may occur, and speculate on measures to mitigate or address the consequences of these problems.

3, using mobile devices for 3D scanning

The technology adopts the method of multi view stereo modeling, the user can complete the construction of 3D model easily in one minute, and reduce the threshold of 3D printing as long as the mobile device (mobile phone or tablet computer), around the target object, take several photos from different angles.

4. Real-time speech translation technology

The real-time speech translation system sets up many research achievements, such as speech recognition, text translation, personalized speech synthesis and so on, converts people's conversation content from one language to another, and tries to retain the voice feature of the user himself, which greatly improves the accuracy of the spoken dialogue recognition as text.

Imagine a scene where you need to order a meal alone, and the Chinese can be translated into local language immediately and read in your own voice, with the pronunciation, tone and intonation indistinguishable with the locals.

5. Bing image search containing content attributes

Microsoft team, using machine learning technology, enables the system to learn picture content attributes (image color, etc.), through the image search filter, enhance the image search relevance, and ultimately provide higher quality image search results.

Users can search for images, including color, size, format, layout, and character features, in addition to keywords, to refine the scope of the query.

In addition, Microsoft has demonstrated 3D facial expression tracking, the use of large data to infer air quality, and so on a total of 21 innovative technologies and applications, so that participants can fully understand how cutting-edge technology to change life, how to deal with the challenges of the environment.

Dr. Zhou Yijien, who is in charge of the Global Research Institute and Academic Cooperation department, says that Microsoft Research has been working to create an open research environment and encourage researchers to strengthen internal and external collaboration to stimulate new ideas and discoveries.

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