9 Benefits of Image Recognition in 2025 based on 48 case studies

AIMultiple's analysis of Image Recognition benefits in 48 case studies reveals:

25% of Image Recognition case studies highlight 2 or more Image Recognition benefits.
There are 9 benefits of Image Recognition.
The most common Image Recognition benefit is Time saving which is mentioned in 29% of case studies.

What are most common benefits of Image Recognition?

These benefits are the most mentioned Image Recognition benefits in case studies:

Time saving
Faster responses to customers
Increased visibility
Increased security
Improved compliance
Increased privacy
Reduced rework
Scalability
Better access to restricted content

Time saving

These case studies demonstrate how 47 businesses leveraged Image Recognition to achieve Time saving.

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Vendor	Company	Summary
	FoodNotify	FoodNotify, a Viennese startup, uses Anyline's barcode scanner solution to simplify the identification of allergens in restaurant dishes. The implementation of Anyline's SDK was simple and the founders are satisfied with the ease of integration and use. FoodNotify plans to implement the Wikitude Augmented Reality SDK in the future.
	Karlsberg	Karlsberg improves customer engagement by deploying mobile scanning solutions and OCR technology in their Karlsberg Urpilz app. The app allows customers to easily collect and enter promotional codes by simply taking a photo of the code. This mobile data capture solution significantly improves customer engagement, resulting in up to 200 user interactions per minute and over 1 million promotional scans entered per month.
	Comerso	Comerso partnered with Anyline to launch a zero-waste barcode scanning app. The app allows retailers to identify unsold and out-of-date products by scanning their barcodes and connects them to potential recipients. By integrating Anyline's mobile scanning SDK, Comerso improved scalability and eliminated the high cost of single-use scanners. The collaboration aims to further innovate by allowing retailers to scan expiry dates for better product management.
	Global Blue	Global Blue, a tax-free shopping provider, used Anyline's mobile ID scanning solution to enhance their customer experience. By integrating Anyline into their mobile application, Global Blue was able to capture personal details from travelers' passports or national IDs using the camera on their mobile devices. This eliminated the need for manual data entry and significantly reduced the time it took to complete tax-free forms, improving both efficiency and customer satisfaction.
	METRO	METRO, a retail company in Austria, implemented the Anyline solution for inventory management and enhanced customer engagement. With Anyline's mobile scanning integrated into their systems, METRO can efficiently scan and manage products, ensuring reliable data collection. The solution also allows for barcode scanning in their customer-facing mobile app, improving the product search process. METRO plans to further utilize Anyline's solution to enhance operational efficiencies and customer experience.
	Anyline	The case study discusses how scanning the Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) of passports using Anyline's mobile application eases the tax refund process for retailers. It saves time, eliminates errors, and improves customer and employee satisfaction. Anyline is chosen by Global Blue, a world-class tax-free shopping provider, as the perfect software solution for their refund process.
	Cox Automotive	Cox Automotive improved their inventory management with mobile scanning using Anyline solution. By integrating Anyline VIN scanning into their solutions, dealerships can reduce time spent on inventory tasks and improve data quality. Anyline's scanning offers time-savings and high accuracy, resulting in reduced costs, increased efficiency, and improved customer satisfaction.
	CargoSnap	CargoSnap enhanced customer experience with mobile scanning using Anyline solution. Anyline's features like offline scanning, scanning in low-light conditions, and ease-of-use were critical for CargoSnap. The solution provided better management of shipping data and documents, aiding in providing the best service possible to their clients. The partnership between Anyline and CargoSnap resulted in a container scanning solution that catered to the specific needs of their customers.
	PepsiCo	PepsiCo in Turkey uses Anyline's mobile promotional code scanning solution to boost customer engagement and reward loyal customers with prizes. By integrating the scanning technology into their app, consumers can easily participate in competitions and promotions. The solution offers advantages over traditional QR codes, such as versatile placement options and customization to match the brand. PepsiCo plans to further enhance customer engagement by integrating QR codes at the point of purchase.

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Faster responses to customers

These case studies demonstrate Faster responses to customers.

Vendor	Company	Summary
	FoodNotify	FoodNotify integrated mobile barcode scanning to their app to enable users to scan barcodes on their products. They aimed to make allergen labeling compliance easier for their customers and simplify the process of creating menus according to EU Food Labelling Regulation. The Anyline solution allowed them to scan various products and ingredients quickly and manage their database effectively.
	Madreselva Aqua	Madreselva Aqua, a private utility company in El Salvador, partnered with Anyline to streamline their water meter reading process. By integrating Anyline's Meter Reading solution into a mobile application, workers can accurately scan water meters using Samsung mobile phones. The collected data is then directly integrated into a central data system, ensuring trusted accuracy for billing and improving efficiency, reliability, and customer trust.
	VERBUND	VERBUND, Austria's leading electricity company, simplified the onboarding process for new utility customers by digitizing the identification number on power meters. They integrated Anyline's mobile scanning solution, allowing customers to scan their meter number with their smartphones, enhancing and expediting the onboarding process. The main goal was to simplify filling out the online form for commodity products, especially the 33-digit long number.
	Huemer Group	The Huemer Group, an Austrian IT infrastructure and data center service provider, partnered with Anyline to create a customer-facing app for membership registration and community engagement. By integrating optical character recognition (OCR) technology, the app allows new members to easily and quickly register by scanning their identity documents with their phone camera. This streamlined process improves registration speed, accessibility, and data privacy.
	Red Bull MOBILE	Red Bull MOBILE launched an engagement program called Red Bull MOBILE Collect in Poland. They partnered with Anyline to develop a code scanning feature using smartphones to collect energy codes from Red Bull can lids. The trial in Poland had great results, with hundreds of thousands of scans and a recognition rate of 98.5%. Users found the scanning technology innovative and convenient, providing faster and more rewarding engagement with the brand.
	Clizzz	Clizzz, a leisure/travel company in Spain, implemented Anyline's mobile scanning solution to optimize and digitize their hotel check-in registration process. The solution allows staff to scan passport/ID MRZ codes, eliminating manual data processing and reducing errors. This contactless check-in solution improves efficiency, eases the check-in process, and ensures compliance with governmental regulations.
	Happy Porto	Happy Porto implemented Anyline's Passport and ID solution to streamline their check-in process, allowing staff to scan ID documents and passports using mobile devices. This improved the speed and accuracy of guest registration, eliminated waiting times, and enhanced the overall guest experience. The solution also ensured the security and privacy of guest data. Happy Porto reported a 75% faster check-in process and increased confidence in Anyline's solution.
	Plandent	Plandent, a dental supplier in Europe, collaborated with Catchoom to create an app using image recognition and augmented reality. The app allows dental professionals to easily reorder supplies by scanning and recognizing products. Plandent selected Catchoom's CraftAR Cloud Image Recognition solution after testing multiple options. The app has received positive feedback and Plandent expects 50% of customers to download it by the end of 2016.

How did benefits evolve over the years?

First mention of Time saving was in 2016
Most benefits have been mentioned in 2016

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