Article management apparatus, article management method, article management system, and computer-readable storage medium

The article management method, comprising:

• inputting image data from a photographing device configured to continuously photograph a plurality of article depository sections at which one or more articles to be warehoused or picked are deposited;
• recognizing, based on the image data, an article depository section which is included in the plurality of article depository sections and at which a number of articles has changed;
• generating picking management information regarding the article depository sections based on a result of the recognizing;
• and
• outputting the management information.

An article management system, comprising:

• an article management apparatus configured to:
• input image data from a photographing device configured to continuously photograph a plurality of article depository sections at which one or more articles to be warehoused or picked are deposited;
• recognize, based on the image data, an article depository section which is included in the plurality of article depository sections and at which a number of articles has changed;
• generate picking management information regarding the article depository sections based on a result of the recognizing;
• and
• output the management information and
• a display device configured to display support information that supports article warehousing or picking based on article-to-be-warehoused information regarding one or more articles to be warehoused or article-to-be-picked information regarding one or more articles to be picked.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

• inputting image data from a photographing device configured to continuously photograph a plurality of article depository sections at which one or more articles to be warehoused or picked are deposited;
• recognizing, based on the image data, an article depository section which is included in the plurality of article depository sections and at which a number of articles has changed;
• generating management information containing at least information regarding the article depository sections based on a result of the recognizing;
• and
• outputting the management information.