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Mobile2024

RealTag

A visual tagging system where users annotate real-world objects and regions with custom context -- names, notes, care instructions -- and the app tracks them as they move.

Client

RealTag

Scope

Region annotation · custom context · object re-identification

Stack

Mobile app · segmentation overlays · vision backend

A camera app with on-screen annotation, a Python backend for detection and re-identification, and a data model that stores user-defined tags separately from model output.

Case breakdown

Problem delivery

Problem & context

Standard object detectors only recognize fixed classes. Users needed to tag arbitrary real-world things and attach their own meaning to them, not just detect what the model already knows.

What we shipped

A camera app with user-defined region annotation: mark objects, attach custom context, and let the backend handle re-identification as objects move in and out of frame. Segmentation and bounding flows handle spatial accuracy.

How we approach delivery

Annotation data and re-identification logic live on the backend, so the model can be improved without a client update. The phone handles camera capture and overlay rendering; the server handles the heavy spatial matching.

Built for real-world use

Fixed detector classes are limiting when the real need is user-defined semantics -- tagging a specific piece of equipment, not just detecting a generic object. The architecture separates what the model sees from what the user means.

Technologies

Tools grouped by role so you can scan without drowning in abbreviations.

Mobile app

ExpoCameraOn-screen graphics

Vision backend

PythonObject detection & tracking

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