Article recognition apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuya Nobuoka, Masaaki Yasunaga
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an article recognition apparatus includes a first interface, a second interface, and a processor. The processor determines an article region from an image obtained by the first interface and determines a tilt of the article present in the determined article region on the basis of a distance obtained by the second interface. Further, the processor determines on the basis of the determined tilt of the article that the article is placed in the placement region in a state in which the article leans against another object.
Claims10
An article recognition apparatus, comprising:
- a first interface that obtains an image obtained by imaging a placement region of an article;
- a second interface that obtains information regarding a distance from a predetermined position to the article present in the placement region of the article;
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- a processor that
- determines an article region from the image obtained by the first interface,
- determines a tilt of the article present in the determined article region on a basis of the distance obtained by the second interface, and
- determines on a basis of the determined tilt of the article that the article is placed in the placement region in a state in which the article leans against another object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.