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US 2013/0231992 A1Published application
Commodity recognition apparatus and commodity recognition method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Sugasawa, Hidehiro Naito, Hitoshi Iizaka
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Abstract
An apparatus recognizes an object from an image picked-up by an image pickup unit. The apparatus recognizes whether the object recognized by the image recognition unit is a commodity or a coupon. The apparatus outputs, if a commodity recognized by the object recognition unit is the object to which a coupon recognized by the object recognition unit, the information relative to the commodity and the information relative to the coupon applied to the commodity.
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A commodity recognition apparatus, comprising:
- an image recognition unit configured to recognize an object from an image picked-up by an image pickup unit;
- an object recognition unit configured to recognize whether the object recognized by the image recognition unit is a commodity or a coupon;
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- an information output unit configured to output, if a commodity recognized by the object recognition unit is the object to which a coupon recognized by the object recognition unit, the information relative to the commodity and the information relative to the coupon applied to the commodity.
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A commodity recognition method, comprising:
- recognizing an object from an image shot by an image pickup unit;
- recognizing whether the object recognized by the image recognition function is a commodity or a coupon;
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- outputting, if a commodity recognized by the object recognition function is the object that a coupon recognized by the object recognition function is applied, the information relative to the commodity and the information relative to the coupon applied to the commodity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.