US 2016/0260057 A1 · PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION VIA IMAGE ANALYSIS

Abstract

A method includes identifying, in an image, a shelf, a price tag affixed to the shelf, a first group of one or more first products resting on the shelf and positioned on a first side of the price tag, and a second group of one or more second products resting on the shelf and positioned on a second side of the price tag. One or more first candidates are identified for the one or more first products, and one or more second candidates are identified for the one or more second products. Upon receiving information indicating expected locations for the first and the second candidates, determining, an identity of the first products can be determined based on the expected locations and the one or more first candidates, and an identity of second products can be determined based on the expected locations and the one or more second candidates.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

identifying, in an image, a shelf, a price tag affixed to the shelf, a first group of one or more first products resting on the shelf and positioned on a first side of the price tag, and a second group of one or more second products resting on the shelf and positioned on a second side of the price tag;
identifying one or more first candidates for the one or more first products and one or more second candidates for the one or more second products;
receiving information indicating expected locations for the first and the second candidates;
determining, based on the expected locations and the one or more first candidates, an identity of the one or more first products;
and
determining, based on the expected locations and the one or more second candidates, an identity of the one or more second products.

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A computer system, comprising:

a memory configured to store an image;
and
a processor configured:
to identify in the image, a shelf, a price tag affixed to the shelf, a first group of one or more first products resting on the shelf and positioned on a first side of the price tag, and a second group of one or more second products resting on the shelf and positioned on a second side of the price tag;
to identify one or more first candidates for the one or more first products and one or more second candidates for the one or more second products;
to receive information indicating expected locations for the first and the second candidates;
to determine, based on the expected locations and the one or more first candidates, an identity of the one or more first products;
and
to determine, based on the expected locations and the one or more second candidates, an identity of the one or more second products.

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A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured to identify, in an image, a shelf, a price tag affixed to the shelf, a first group of one or more first products resting on the shelf and positioned on a first side of the price tag, and a second group of one or more second products resting on the shelf and positioned on a second side of the price tag;
computer readable program code configured to identify one or more first candidates for the one or more first products and one or more second candidates for the one or more second products;
computer readable program code configured to receive information indicating expected locations for the first and the second candidates;
computer readable program code configured to determine, based on the expected locations and the one or more first candidates, an identity of the one or more first products;
and
computer readable program code configured to determine, based on the expected locations and the one or more second candidates, an identity of the one or more second products.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Product identification via image analysis

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Product identification via image analysis

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