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Granted Patent B2
US 11,900,316 · App. 17/675,113 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Information processing apparatus, control method, and program

Inventors: Yoshihiro Itou (Tokyo, JP); Kanako Taga (Tokyo, JP); Takenobu Kitahara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06Q10/087B65G1/137G06Q30/06G06V20/20G06V20/52
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Patent No.
US 11,900,316
App. No.
17/675,113
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus ( 2000 ) includes a product recognition unit ( 2020 ), a shelf label recognition unit ( 2040 ), and a determination unit ( 2060 ). The product recognition unit ( 2020 ) recognizes the number of types of products or positions of each type of products from a target image. The shelf label recognition unit ( 2040 ) recognizes the number or positions of shelf labels indicating information of the products from the target image. The determination unit ( 2060 ) determines whether or not there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels or in a relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels.

Claims (27)

1. An electronic shelf label error detection apparatus comprising:

at least one memory configured to store instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:

receive an image captured by a camera;

recognize a position of a product from the image in which products and a shelf label are imaged;

recognize a position of the shelf label indicating information of the product from the image;

detect an error in a relationship between the recognized position of the product and the recognized position of the shelf label based on a determination that the shelf label is outside a first distance from the recognized position of the product; and

control a display monitor to display the image in which a location including the position of the product related to the detected error is distinguishably displayed.

2. The electronic shelf label error detection apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions as set forth in claim 1 when the image is generated, or when the image is acquired.

3. The electronic shelf label error detection apparatus according to claim 1 , being a portable terminal.

4. The electronic shelf label error detection apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to output the image on a display screen of the portable terminal.

5. The electronic shelf label error detection apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to generate the image by a capture unit of the portable terminal.

6. An electronic shelf label error detection A control method performed by a computer, the method comprising

receiving an image captured by a camera;

recognizing a position of a product from the image in which products and a shelf label are imaged;

recognizing a position of the shelf label indicating information of the product from the image;

detecting an error in a relationship between the recognized position of the product and the recognized position of the shelf label based on a determination that the shelf label is outside a first distance from the recognized position of the product; and

controlling a display monitor to display the image in which a location including the position of the product related to the detected error is distinguishably displayed.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to perform an electronic shelf label error detection method comprising:

receiving an image captured by a camera;

recognize a position of a product from the image in which products and a shelf label are imaged;

recognize a position of the shelf label indicating information of the product from the image;

detect an error in a relationship between the recognized position of the product and the recognized position of the shelf label based on a determination that the shelf label is outside a first distance from the recognized position of the product; and

controlling a display monitor to display the image in which a location including the position of the product related to the detected error is distinguishably displayed.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-201363 · Sep 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16744947 · Jan 16, 2020
Continuation 15506299
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