Commodity reading apparatus, commodity sales data processing apparatus and commodity reading method

A commodity sales data processing apparatus, comprising:

• a discrimination unit configured to discriminate an object included in an animation which is captured by an image capturing device;
• a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the object discriminated by the discrimination unit passes through a second area specified different from a first area in a frame range during movement of the object to the first area specified in the frame range of the animation;
• a first recognition unit configured to recognize a candidate commodity as a candidate of a sales commodity based on a feature amount appeared on the object in the first area if the determination unit determines that the object passes through the second area;
• a second recognition unit configured to recognize a commodity data represented by an optical mark on the object in the first area if the determination unit determines that the object does not pass through the second area;
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• a registration unit configured to carry out sales registration on the sales commodity based on one of the candidate commodity recognized by the first recognition unit and the commodity data recognized by the second recognition unit.

A commodity reading method, including:

• discriminating an object included in an animation captured by an image capturing device;
• determining whether or not the discriminated object passes through a second area specified different from a first area in a frame range during movement of the object to the first area specified in the frame range of the animation;
• recognizing a candidate commodity as a candidate of a sales commodity based on a feature amount appeared on the object in the first area if it is determined that the object passes through the second area;
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• recognizing a commodity data represented by an optical mark on the object in the first area if it is determined that the object does not pass through the second area.