Apparatus and method for detecting number of articles and electronic device

An electronic device, comprising an apparatus for detecting the number of articles,

• wherein, the apparatus for detecting the number of articles comprises:
• a detecting device configured to detect the number of articles in a shopping container according to an image of the articles in the shopping container;
• a classifying device configured to classify the image of the articles in the shopping container by using a classifier, and obtain a classification weight corresponding to a classification result;
• and
• a calculating device configured to calculate a prediction value of the number of the articles in the shopping container based on the number of the articles in the shopping container detected by the detecting device and the classification weight.

A method for detecting the number of articles, characterized in that the method for detecting the number of articles comprises:

• detecting the number of articles in a shopping container according to an image of the articles in the shopping container;
• classifying the image of the articles in the shopping container by using a classifier, and obtaining a classification weight corresponding to a classification result;
• and
• calculating a prediction value of the number of the articles in the shopping container based on the detected number of the articles in the shopping container and the classification weight.