“Takanome” – a litter-mapping service to track land-based litter distribution through smartphone & image analysis system

Takanome

“Takanome” is a litter-mapping service that leverages the video capacity of smartphones. It can identify the number and types of litter that appear in the video. You can conduct a survey according to your survey’s purpose and budget. It depends on your decision as for how widely and how many survey should be conducted. It is also possible for Pirika to suggest survey plans after hearing your survey’s purpose. You can choose how to conduct a survey, doing it by yourself or entrusting our staff members. Smartphone which has “Takanome” app can be rent. After you or our staff members capture movies of target areas where you want to conduct a survey with a smartphone, image analysis system which we invented, analyzes what kind of and how many litters are on the target areas. This system can judge litters with the same standard. In addition, our experienced staff manually checks movies with their eyes and manages the quality of analysis. As the result of the survey, the output includes a heat map showing relative concentrations of litter. This allows our customers to make informed decisions about how to reduce litters. If you want us to “make reports for survey”, “compare with the other areas”, or “suggest measures for cleaning the areas up”, we can also meet your request. Recently, our client base has been expanding beyond governments to include tobacco companies and beverage companies which are eager to reduce the litter on the streets.

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