Method for determining and displaying products on an electronic display device

A method for finding and displaying products on a display device of an electronic data processing device, comprising the steps of:

• recognizing any image or image section having a plurality of imaged objects displayed on the display device when a cursor of the data processing device moves into an area of the image or image section;
• designating the recognized image or image section with a trigger symbol when the cursor of the data processing device moves into the area of the image or image section;
• superimposing the trigger symbol on the area of the recognized image or image section on the display device;
• segmenting the displayed image and detecting a plurality of objects by an analysis of the visual content of the designated image or image section by actuating the superimposed trigger symbol;
• and
• displaying the plurality of detected objects on the display device;
• wherein a product to be selected is selected from the displayed objects and that an image analysis of the product is carried out and a feature profile is prepared by electronic image processing, that subsequently a product identical to the selected product is determined by a comparison of the prepared feature profile with previously determined and stored or previously known feature profiles of other objects, and that the found, identical product is displayed with other information about the product on the display device;
• and
• wherein products similar to the product to be selected are determined by a comparison of the prepared feature profile with the previously determined and stored or previously known feature profiles of other objects and are displayed on the display device adjacent to or instead of the identical product.