Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for identifying whether an advertisement is positioned in association with a product

An information processing method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

• acquiring an image of a shelf rack where at least one advertisement and at least one product are disposed;
• analyzing the image to acquire information on a position of each advertisement and a position of each product;
• identifying a corresponding product in the image for each advertisement based on a predetermined information defining a target product for each advertisement;
• calculating a relative position between the advertisement and the corresponding product based on the position of the advertisement and the position of the corresponding product;
• comparing the relative position with a criterion of positional correspondence between the advertisement and the corresponding product;
• and
• displaying, on a display for a store employee, information indicating whether the relative position satisfies the criterion.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to perform an information processing method, the method comprising:

• acquiring an image of a shelf rack where at least one advertisement and at least one product are disposed;
• analyzing the image to acquire information on a position of each advertisement and a position of each product;
• identifying a corresponding product in the image for each advertisement based on a predetermined information defining a target product for each advertisement;
• calculating a relative position between the advertisement and the corresponding product based on the position of the advertisement and the position of the corresponding product;
• comparing the relative position with a criterion of positional correspondence between the advertisement and the corresponding product;
• and
• displaying, on a display for a store employee, information indicating whether the relative position satisfies the criterion.