US 12,380,402 B2
Information processing apparatus, control method, and program
Yoshihiro Itou, Tokyo (JP); Kanako Taga, Tokyo (JP); and Takenobu Kitahara, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/234,644.
Application 18/234,644 is a continuation of application No. 17/675,113, filed on Feb. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,900,316.
Application 17/675,113 is a continuation of application No. 16/744,947, filed on Jan. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,288,627, issued on Mar. 29, 2022.
Application 16/744,947 is a continuation of application No. 15/506,299, granted, now 10,579,962, issued on Mar. 3, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2015/077268, filed on Sep. 28, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 2014-201363 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0394429 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [B65G 1/137 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
recognize a number of types of products from an image on which the products and shelf labels are imaged by classifying the products into a plurality of product groups based on a similarity between adjacent products in a shelf captured in the image;
recognize a number of shelf labels indicating information of each product from the image; and
determine whether there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels,
wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:
based on the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels not being equal to each other, determine that there is an error in the relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels;
based on determination that there is no error in the relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels, recognize a position of each type of products and a position of the shelf label indicating information of each product from the image;
determine whether there is an error in a positional relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels; and
detect the error in the positional relationship, in a case where a position of shelf label is not recognized in a predetermined direction to the position of the product.