In-store product detection system
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorMatthew Scott Zises
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Abstract
A method and system create, on a portable electronic device, a real-time graphical view of an in-store product display that pinpoints the location of one or more target products on the product display. The graphical view is generated by capturing merchandise display data, such as a video feed of the in-store product display, and processing the data to detect the one or more target products based on predefined product recognition criteria uniquely associated with the respective target products.
Claims25
A method comprising:
- receiving merchandise display data captured by a portable electronic device at a store, the merchandise display data indicating physical presence of multiple products on a product display at the store;
- in an automated operation using one or more processors, detecting a target product among the multiple products on the in-store product display based on the merchandise display data;
- displaying a graphical view of at least a part of the in-store product display on a screen of the portable electronic device;
- and
- providing as a part of the graphical view a location indicator that indicates an on-screen position of the target product.
A method comprising automatically recognizing a product of interest in video content captured by a mobile electronic device in a store, and displaying an augmented reality view of the video content substantially in real time on a screen of the mobile electronic device, the product of interest being highlighted in real time in the augmented reality view.
A system comprising:
- a receiver module to receive receiving merchandise display data captured by a portable electronic device at a store, the merchandise display data indicating physical presence of multiple products on a product display at the store;
- a product locator module to detect a target product among the multiple products on the in-store product display based on the merchandise display data;
- a display module to display a graphical view of at least a part of the in-store product display on a screen of the portable electronic device;
- and
- an indicator module to provide in the graphical view a location indicator that indicates an on-screen position of the target product.
A portable electronic device that comprises a product detection module configured to:
- generate an augmented reality display of multiple consumer products based on image data captured by a camera of the device;
- detect a product of interest among the multiple consumer products;
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- dynamically pinpoint the product of interest in the augmented reality display.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions for a machine to:
- receive receiving merchandise display data captured by a portable electronic device at a store, the merchandise display data indicating physical presence of multiple products on a product display at the store;
- detect a target product among the multiple products on the in-store product display based on the merchandise display data;
- display a graphical view of at least a part of the in-store product display on a screen of the portable electronic device;
- and
- provide as a part of the graphical view a location indicator that indicates an on-screen position of the target product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.