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Recognition system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method

  • US 10,482,447 B2
  • Filed: 05/24/2017
  • Issued: 11/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A recognition system, comprising:

  • an imaging device which images a prescribed imaging area and outputs image data;

    a storage device which stores a commodity file including identification information for a plurality of commodities, feature values for the plurality of commodities, and a predetermined recognition classification for each commodity in the plurality indicating the commodity is one of a first commodity type or a second commodity type, the first commodity type being commodities to be recognized using a code symbol associated with the commodity in the commodity file and the second commodity type being commodities to be recognized using a feature value associated with the commodity in the commodity file; and

    a processor which is configured to;

    determine whether a code symbol can be detected in the image data from the imaging device,detect an article in the image data from the imaging device if a code symbol cannot be detected in the image data,extract a feature value of the detected article from the image data,calculate similarities between the stored feature values in the commodity file for commodities of the first commodity type and the second commodity type and the extracted feature value,recognize commodities in the commodity file as candidates corresponding to the detected article based on the calculated similarities,exclude commodities of the first commodity type from the candidates based on the predetermined recognition classification included in the commodity file, andselect a commodity from the candidates as a recognized commodity based on calculated similarity provided that the calculated similarity for the commodity is above a threshold value.

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