HeritageScan — Carpet, Handicraft & Cultural Artifact Authenticity

Overview

HeritageScan turns a photo, voice note, or short clip of a carpet, kilim, ceramic, metalwork piece, painting, or other cultural object into a structured authenticity and valuation report. It is built for buyers, sellers, collectors, and small dealers who need a clear answer without waiting for a specialist.

The Problem

About 40% of machine-made carpets are sold as handwoven. Expert authentication takes 20 years of experience, costs $100-$300, and takes days. Fair pricing is rare. Generic chat AI invents details and returns unstructured answers.

The Solution

Upload one clear photo (optional close-up of knots/back). HeritageScan detects construction clues (hand vs machine, materials, pattern family, wear, fringe), classifies authenticity, estimates origin/period when inferable, and returns a market range with confidence and next actions. Low-confidence scans trigger retake guidance instead of a false verdict. Every report includes a non-diagnostic cultural heritage disclaimer.

Key Capabilities

• Photo, audio, or video input up to 10MB (jpg, png, webp, mp3, wav, webm, mp4)
• Authenticity classification: authentic / likely authentic / uncertain / likely replica / replica
• Origin and period estimates, materials list, category (carpet, textile, ceramic, metalwork, woodwork, painting, manuscript, jewelry)
• Estimated market range with stated basis
• Confidence 0-100 with retake guidance under 60%
• Report language: English, Persian, Arabic
• REST APIs: analyze, analyze-url, batch, feedback
• Prepaid wallet pay-as-you-go metering with clear top-up prompts
• Privacy-first: media processed ephemerally and deleted within 24 hours

Business Benefits

• Faster buy/sell decisions without waiting for an appraiser
• Structured JSON for marketplaces, auction tools, and insurance workflows
• Multilingual reports for Middle East and Asian markets
• Predictable per-analysis cost instead of per-case expert fees

Use Cases

Buyer verifying a carpet before purchase. Seller documenting authenticity for a listing. Collector cataloging a family piece. Small dealer pre-screening inventory. Developers embedding heritage analysis via REST API.

How It Works

1. Capture: one full photo plus a close-up of the back/knots or underside.
2. Analyze: Gemini Vision extracts construction clues; GPT-4o reasons authenticity and value.
3. Act: confidence badge, valuation range, action list, and shareable report.

Why This Application

HeritageScan is purpose-built for carpets and cultural artifacts—not a generic chat prompt. Stable structured JSON with confidence and safe disclaimers, works from messy real-world photos, supports photo and voice input, and prices per analysis. Privacy first: images deleted within 24 hours.