Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and control method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenta KANSAI
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a camera controller to acquire a camera image of a display location where commodities are displayed. A communication interface is provided to communicate with an information terminal. A processor in the apparatus is configured to calculate an empty area in the camera image corresponding to a portion of the display location that is revealed when commodities are removed from the display location, detect a shortage in the number of the commodities at the display location based on the calculated empty area, and send a notification, via the communication interface, to the information terminal when the shortage in the number of the commodities at the display location is detected.
Claims20
An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- a camera controller to acquire a camera image of a display location where commodities are displayed;
- a communication interface configured to communicate with an information terminal;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- calculate an empty area in the camera image corresponding to a portion of the display location that is revealed when commodities are removed from the display location,
- detect a shortage in the number of the commodities at the display location based on the calculated empty area, and
- send a notification, via the communication interface, to the information terminal when the shortage in the number of the commodities at the display location is detected.
A product stocking level monitoring system for a retail store, the system comprising:
- an image capture device configured to capture a camera image of a display location at which commodities are displayed in a store;
- and
- an image processing apparatus including:
- a camera controller to acquire the camera image from the image capture device;
- a communication interface configured to communicate with an information terminal;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- calculate an empty area in the camera image corresponding to a portion of the display location that is revealed when commodities are removed from the display location,
- detect a shortage in the number of the commodities at the display location based on the calculated empty area, and
- send a notification, via the communication interface, to the information terminal when the shortage in the number of the commodities at the display location is detected.
A method of controlling an image processing apparatus for product stocking level monitoring, the method comprising:
- acquiring a camera image from an image capture device positioned to image a display location for commodities in a store;
- calculating an empty area in the camera image corresponding to a portion of the display location that is revealed when commodities are removed from the display location;
- detecting a shortage in the number of the commodities at the display location based on the calculated empty area;
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- sending a notification, via a communication interface, to an information terminal when the shortage in the number of the commodities at the display location is detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.