	US 12,141,776 B2
	Article deduction apparatus, article deduction method, and program
Motoyuki Nakamura, Tokyo (JP); Hisayoshi Mura, Tokyo (JP); and Shinya Yamasaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/231,583.
Application 18/231,583 is a continuation of application No. 17/434,813, granted, now 11,922,391, previously published as PCT/JP2020/006860, filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-037829 (JP), filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0385798 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); A47F 10/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/52 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)

CPC G06Q 20/208 (2013.01) [A47F 10/00 (2013.01); G01G 19/52 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. An article deduction apparatus comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire weight change data being data based on a change in a detected value of a weight sensor provided on a shelf on which a plurality of articles can be placed and movement data indicating a movement of a hand of a person positioned in a shelf-front space being a space in front of the shelf;

output article determination information of the article deduced to be taken out by the hand, by using the weight change data and the movement data; and

cause a storage to store the article determination information in association with person determination information for determining the person, wherein the person determination information is a feature value of the face acquired from an image of a person.