US 12,266,163 B2
Object identification method, apparatus and device
Qingsong Xu, Hangzhou (CN); and Qing Li, Hangzhou (CN)
Assigned to Hangzhou Glority Software Limited, Hangzhou (CN)
Appl. No. 17/790,128
Filed by Hangzhou Glority Software Limited, Hangzhou (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/134073
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/135828, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010002999.9 (CN), filed on Jan. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042208 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 10/778 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/82 (2022.01) [G06V 10/7788 (2022.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An object identification method, comprising:
acquiring a first image of at least a portion of an object;
determining a feature portion of the object based on the first image;
acquiring a second image of the feature portion of the object; and
identifying an object category of the object based on the second image;
wherein the step of determining the feature portion of the object comprises:
identifying a preliminary category of the object based on the first image; and
determining the feature portion of the object based on the preliminary category of the object, which is identified;
wherein the object is a plant, and a resolution of the second image is higher than a resolution of the first image,
wherein the step of identifying the preliminary category of the object comprises:
acquiring and recording location information and/or season information in acquisition of the first image, based on the one or more object categories that exclude impossible in the location information and the season information; and
in the case of excluding the object categories that are impossible, identifying the preliminary category of the object.