TombReader Computer Vision Project

Here are a few use cases for this project:

1. Historical Research: The TombReader model can be used in the field of historical studies. With the ability to read text from resources like tombstones, it could provide a wealth of information about birth and death years (0-5), places of birth (pob), death (pod), etc., which could significantly aid researchers in building chronological data and genealogy trees.

2. Smart Tourism and Heritage Preservation: Tour operators or heritage conservators can use TombReader to quickly read and catalog information from historical cemeteries to create interactive digital experiences for tourists or for documentation purposes.

3. Forensic Investigations: Forensic teams can use this model to quickly gather information from tombstones when tracing family history or investigating unmarked graves, thus speeding up the investigative process.

4. Genealogy Research: Genealogists can use TombReader to efficiently trace family lineages. It can automate the laborious process of collecting birth, death, and location data.

5. Augmented Reality Apps: AR developers can use the TombReader model to create apps for history enthusiasts and tourists that would allow users to simply point their device at a gravestone, have the details recognized and translated into a readable format, and potentially search a database with those details.