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AssigneeThe Nielsen Company (US), LLC
InventorsKevin Keqiang Deng, Wei Xie
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Image recognition methods, apparatus and articles or manufacture to support shelf auditing for consumer research are disclosed herein. Example methods disclosed herein include comparing a first image signature associated with an input image with a plurality of reference signatures associated with a plurality of reference images to identify a first reference image matching the input image. Such disclosed example methods also include identifying a first group of items depicted in the input image as corresponding to a first group of reference items registered with the first reference image. Such disclosed example methods further include determining a first region of the input image that differs from a corresponding first region of the first reference image, and processing the first region of the input image based on a template to identify a second item depicted in the input image.
A method to identify items depicted in an input image, the method comprising:
A tangible computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
An apparatus to identify items depicted in an input image, the apparatus comprising:
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