Self-checkout system, purchased product management method, and purchased product management program
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsKyota Higa, Emi Kitagawa
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Abstract
A change detection means 840 detects an area of change in a product shelf on which a product has been arranged, on the basis of a captured image of the product. A classification means 850 classifies the change in the product shelf in the detected area of change. A shopping list generation means 860 generates a shopping list for a customer on the basis of the classification of the change in the product shelf and of shelving information on the product shelf.
Claims9
A self-checkout system comprising a hardware processor configured to execute a software code to:
- detect an area of change in a product shelf on which a product has been arranged, based on a captured image of the product;
- classify the change in the product shelf in the detected area of change;
- and
- generate a shopping list for a customer based on the classification of the change in the product shelf and of shelving information on the product shelf,
- wherein the classification of the change in the product shelf is one of a change caused by a product having been taken, a change in a store environment of the product shelf, a change caused by a product having been arranged on the product shelf, and a change caused by a different appearance of the product, and
- wherein the change caused by a different appearance of the product, which is the classification of the change in the product shelf, includes a change in appearance caused by a different product having been arranged and a change in appearance caused by a change in product attitude.
A purchased product management method comprising:
- detecting an area of change in a product shelf on which a product has been arranged, based on a captured image of the product;
- classifying the change in the product shelf in the detected area of change;
- and
- generating a shopping list for a customer based on the classification of the change in the product shelf and of shelving information on the product shelf,
- wherein the classification of the change in the product shelf is one of a change caused by a product having been taken, a change in a store environment of the product shelf, a change caused by a product having been arranged on the product shelf, and a change caused by a different appearance of the product, and
- wherein the change caused by a different appearance of the product, which is the classification of the change in the product shelf, includes a change in appearance caused by a different product having been arranged and a change in appearance caused by a change in product attitude.
A non-transitory computer readable information recording medium storing a purchased product management program, when executed by a processor, that performs a method for:
- detecting an area of change in a product shelf on which a product has been arranged, based on a captured image of the product;
- classifying the change in the product shelf in the detected area of change;
- and
- generating a shopping list for a customer based on the classification of the change in the product shelf and of shelving information on the product shelf,
- wherein the classification of the change in the product shelf is one of a change caused by a product having been taken, a change in a store environment of the product shelf, a change caused by a product having been arranged on the product shelf, and a change caused by a different appearance of the product, and
- wherein the change caused by a different appearance of the product, which is the classification of the change in the product shelf, includes a change in appearance caused by a different product having been arranged and a change in appearance caused by a change in product attitude.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.