US 11,922,482 B2
Self-checkout system, purchased product management method, and purchased product management program
Kyota Higa, Tokyo (JP); and Emi Kitagawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/971,718
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/009204
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/171573, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0402139 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06T 7/0008 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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, on the basis of a captured image of the product;
classify the change in the product shelf in the detected area of change, wherein the hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to classify the change in the product shelf from the image of the area of change by using a shelf change model that is a model of a change in the product shelf depending on before and after a time change; and
generate 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.