	US 11,842,368 B2
	Information processing apparatus, information processing method,and program for identifying whether an advertisement is positioned in association with a product
Yaeko Yonezawa, Tokyo (JP); Kaito Horita, Tokyo (JP); Akira Yajima, Tokyo (JP); Mizuto Sekine, Tokyo (JP); and Yoshinori Ehara, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,529.
Application 17/693,529 is a continuation of application No. 16/651,675, granted, now 11,308,516, previously published as PCT/JP2018/029188, filed on Aug. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-191792 (JP), filed on Sep. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0198512 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2023.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0272 (2023.01)

CPC G06Q 30/0246 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0272 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01)]

12 Claims

5. An information processing method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

acquiring an image of a shelf rack;

based on analysis of the image, determining first positional information indicating a position for each advertisement on the shelf rack and second positional information indicating a position for each shelf label on the shelf rack;

identifying, as for each advertisement, a corresponding shelf label based on the first positional information and second positional information;

determining, for each set of an advertisement and a corresponding shelf label, whether first product identification information of a product related to the advertisement and second product identification information of a product related to the corresponding shelf label are identical; and

in response to determining that the first product identification information and the second product identification information are not identical, superimposing, on the image, a predetermined information for recognizing the advertisement.