Method, computer program product, and system for providing a sensor-based environment
AssigneeToshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
InventorsDean Frederick Herring, Adrian Xavier Rodriguez, Ankit Singh
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Abstract
Method, computer program product, and system of visual identification of an item selected by a person during a transaction within an environment having a plurality of items. The method includes acquiring, using a visual sensor disposed within the environment, image information that includes at least a portion of the selected item, and analyzing the image information to determine a set of possible items for classifying the selected item. The method further includes selecting, based on personal profile information associated with the person, one of the set of possible items to thereby identify the selected item.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method of reducing the complexity of visual identification of an item selected by a person during a transaction within an environment having a plurality of items, the method comprising:
- acquiring, using a visual sensor disposed within the environment, image information that includes at least a portion of the selected item;
- performing a limited image analysis on the acquired image information to determine a first set of possible items for classifying the selected item;
- determining, from the determined first set of possible items and based on personal profile information associated with the person, a reduced second set of possible items;
- and
- performing a full image analysis on the second set of possible items to identify the selected item.
A computer program product for reducing the complexity of visual identification of an item selected by a person during a transaction within an environment having a plurality of items, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more computer processors to perform an operation that includes:
- acquiring, using a visual sensor disposed within the environment, image information that includes at least a portion of the selected item;
- performing a limited image analysis on the acquired image information to determine a first set of possible items for classifying the selected item;
- determining, from the determined first set of possible items and based on personal profile information associated with the person, a reduced second set of possible items;
- and
- performing a full image analysis on the second set of possible items to identify the selected item.
A system for reducing the complexity of visual identification of an item selected by a person during a transaction within an environment having a plurality of items, the method comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- at least a first visual sensor disposed within the environment and communicatively coupled with the one or more computer processors;
- and
- a memory containing program code which, when executed by the one or more computer processors, performs an operation that includes:
- acquiring, using a visual sensor disposed within the environment, image information that includes at least a portion of the selected item;
- performing a limited image analysis on the acquired image information to determine a first set of possible items for classifying the selected item;
- determining, from the determined first set of possible items and based on personal profile information associated with the person, a reduced second set of possible items;
- and
- performing a full image analysis on the second set of possible items to identify the selected item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.