Detect and Describe Flowers with Computer Vision and Generative AI

Timothy M's blog post from April 2024 details the creation of a flower detection and description application using computer vision and Generative AI, specifically employing custom models from Roboflow and the ChatGPT API. The application uses a webcam to detect flowers in real-time, with a pre-trained model drawing bounding boxes around detected flowers and allowing users to click a button to receive botanical information via ChatGPT. The guide outlines building this system by collecting and labeling a dataset of flower images, training an object detection model, and developing a JavaScript application to integrate these components. This project exemplifies the potential of combining object detection and natural language processing to create educational applications, with broader implications for detecting and providing information about various objects across fields like education, agriculture, and retail. The code and dataset are available on GitHub and Roboflow Universe, respectively, allowing developers to adapt and expand this approach for different uses.