Republic of the Philippines

Southern Leyte State University

Sogod Main Campus

GRADUATE SCHOOL - MSIT

IT 506
Research Proposal

HERBAL LEAVES IDENTIFICATION APP

Presented by:

Mary Jane Pagay

Edgardo Mejor
Daniel Arpon

SLSU Graduate School

Sogod Main Campus
Introduction
Classifying just from the naked eye what plant variety a certain leave is very difficult and

is sometimes not accurate. This requires expertise in the field of medicine or even to

those people who are using alternative medicines to save money. At the point when

there is next to zero earlier education about the distribution of data, or the data itself

may be subjective and uncertain, the use of artificial intelligence will improve the

automated classification. Necessary image processing methods were applied to the

gathered images of the herbal leaves to ensure identification was accurate. These

methods include the enhancement of the images to fit for analyzing and the extraction

of some morphological features from binary images such as minor axis length, area,

and major axis length of the leaf.

Rationale

The Herbal Leaves Identification App using Image Processing is intended to use for

recognizing the herbal leaves just by using its image. This proposed project will require

the various data about the plant species to be stored in the system, specifically herbal

plants. This proposed project aims to implement a system using image processing with

images of the herbal leaves as a basis of classification. The app will try to compare the

extracted leaf image of the plant to the data set stored in the system. The system will

then display the result which is the closest match to the query.

The continuous fluctuation of the number of herbs varieties is a serious problem. At the

present, it is important to conserve herbs because its useful specially this pandemic.

Some people use alternative ways treatment due to lack of money and shortage of

medicine. But the problem is even the botanists doesn’t have an efficient tool to identify
different herbs. Collecting information about a specific herb is still difficult because of

the scarcity of resources. Nowadays, identifying the herbs consume time because there

is still no efficient tool that can be utilize to produce a precise detail and accessible data.

To resolve the problems mentioned above, this proposed project aims to implement a

system that is used to recognize herbs just by using an image of a leaf. The app will

consist of a camera which captures the image of the leaf and process it in order to

generate a textual detailing about the name of the herb, its uses and availability. The

result produced by the system is highly dependent on the brightness, contrast of the

background where application is used. To have an accurate result, the user must take

or provide an image with the resolution that is needed for the image to be recognized

and classified by the system correctly.

Objectives of the Study

In general, the proposed project aims to use the concept of machine learning project

using OpenCV and Phyton in order to give and provide an accurate identification of

herbal plants.

Specific objectives of the proposed project are the following:

1. The system will serve as a repository of the different information about herbal

plants.

2. The system will be used to find and gather herbs detail using only its image.

3. The system will provide an easy and accessible way to identify different herbs.

4. The system will provide a camera to extract image and classify it to the system.

5. The system will help in identifying herbal plants for it to be preserved and

protected.
Significance of the Study
Botanist. The application will help them immediately identify the herbal plants just by

using an image. This helps them save time spent in their research.

Other Users. The app will highly benefit those who have difficulty in identifying herbal

plant. This will benefit them because the app is easy to use only that the users need to

meet the resolution of the image needed to have a correct result.

Researchers. The project is a challenge on the part of the researchers for it includes

machine learning theories and application. The process and result of the project will

give the researchers an additional knowledge as well.

Future Researchers. The project is very beneficial to the next batch of researchers for

they can use the output of this project in building and upgrading a similar study to this

one.

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