US 12,243,310 B2
Article determination using image processing
Yu Nabeto, Tokyo (JP); Katsumi Kikuchi, Tokyo (JP); Soma Shiraishi, Tokyo (JP); and Takami Sato, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/797,944
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/006733
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/166146, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0064123 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 20/50 (2022.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06V 10/12 (2022.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/50 (2022.01) [G06V 10/12 (2022.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article determination apparatus used with a first image capture unit and a second image capture unit each capturing an image of at least one of an article placement area and an area in front of the article placement area, the article determination apparatus comprising:
at least one memory configured to store instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:
acquiring a first image generated by the first image capture unit and acquiring a second image generated by the second image capture unit;
generating first size data indicating a size of an area in which an article is captured in the first image and generating second size data indicating a size of an area in which the article is captured in the second image; and
determining that an estimation result of an article name of the article by image processing using at least one of the first image and the second image is correct when a relation between the first size data and the second size data satisfies a criterion, wherein
the first image capture unit, the article placement area, and the second image capture unit are arranged in this order in a first direction.