US 12,014,370 B2
Processing apparatus, processing method, and non-transitory storage medium
Kan Arai, Tokyo (JP); Azusa Furukawa, Tokyo (JP); Kei Shibuya, Tokyo (JP); Hiroshi Hashimoto, Tokyo (JP); Makiko Akiguchi, Tokyo (JP); and Ken Hanazawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/791,438
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/002309
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/149220, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069523 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/42 (2012.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 20/40145 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/10 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3267 (2020.05); G06Q 20/389 (2013.01); G06Q 20/42 (2013.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processing apparatus comprising:
at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
receive, from a camera, an image of an area of a front of a product placing place, the image encompassing a reference range;
recognize, based on image processing, product discrimination information of a product picked up from the product placing space, and register the recognized product discrimination information in association with customer discrimination information;
execute, when it is detected, based on processing the image from the camera, that a customer having picked up the product performs a predetermined action, a settlement based on a registration content, wherein the predetermined action comprises detecting, based on the processor processing the image, that the customer moves a body part from inside the reference range to outside the reference range; and
set a size of the reference range for each customer, wherein executing the settlement based on the registration content comprises:
transmitting, to a terminal apparatus of the customer, information indicating a settlement content determined based on the registration content;
receiving, from the terminal apparatus of the customer, a response of whether the settlement content is correct; and
executing the settlement for a price indicated by the settlement content in response to reception of a response of a fact that the settlement content is correct,
wherein the predetermined action further comprises at least one of a direction of the body of the customer satisfying a predetermined condition, the customer moving by a predetermined number of steps in a first predetermined direction, and the customer moving for a predetermined time in a second predetermined direction.