SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMMODITY INFORMATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING RELATED PROGRAM

• US 20130259320A1
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: GOTANDA, Tsuyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,076,177 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/110
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/68 Food, e.g. fruit or vegetables
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0054 with control of supplementary check-parameters, e.g. weight or number of articles
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/12 electronically operated digital data processing aspects G06Q20/00

Abstract

According to one embodiment, A system for providing commodity information includes a storage module configured to store a plurality of data files, each data file corresponding to a commodity and including a plurality of data fields, each of the data fields comprising: commodity identification information data, symbol identification data, detailed commodity information data, and producer information data, a first recognition module configured to identify the commodity by comparing an input commodity image to the commodity identification information data, a second recognition module configured to identify a symbol on the commodity by comparing an input symbol image to the symbol identification data, and an output module. The output module outputs the detailed commodity information data based on the identified commodity, and outputs the producer information data based on the identified symbol.

Claims

1. A system for providing commodity information, comprising:

a storage module configured to store a plurality of data files, each data file corresponding to a commodity and including a plurality of data fields, each of the data fields comprising;

commodity identification information data, symbol identification data, detailed commodity information data, and producer information data;

a first recognition module configured to identify the commodity by comparing an input commodity image to the commodity identification information data;

a second recognition module configured to identify a symbol on the commodity by comparing an input symbol image to the symbol identification data; and

an output module configured to output the detailed commodity information data based on the identified commodity, and output the producer information data based on the identified symbol.

2. The system for providing commodity information according to claim 1, wherein the commodity identification data comprises feature quantity data calculated from an image of the commodity, and the symbol identification data comprises feature quantity data calculated from an image of the symbol.

3. The system for providing commodity information according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image sensor configured to generate the input commodity image; and

a symbol recognition module configured to determine whether the input commodity image includes the input symbol image.

4. The system for providing commodity information according to claim 3, wherein:

if the symbol recognition module determines that the input commodity image does not include the input symbol image, the output module is further configured to output a user interface screen which directs a user to reorient the commodity so that the image sensor can generate a revised input commodity image data which includes the input symbol image.

5. The system for providing commodity information according to claim 4, wherein the user interface screen displays a current image data generated by the image sensor.

6. The system for providing commodity information according to claim 5, wherein

the user interface screen includes a target, and the user interface screen is further configured to directs the user to reorient the commodity so that, in the current input image data, the symbol corresponds to the target mark.

7. The system for providing commodity information according to claim 1, wherein the commodity is a produce, and the producer information data comprises at least one of:

a production district, a grade, a sugar content, a producer and a harvest date.

8. A method of providing commodity information comprising:

accessing a storage module configured to store a plurality of data files, each data file corresponding to a commodity and including a plurality of data fields, each of the data fields comprising;

commodity identification information data, symbol identification data, detailed commodity information data, and producer information data;

identifying the commodity by comparing an input commodity image to the commodity identification information data;

identifying a symbol on the commodity by comparing an input symbol image to the symbol identification data;

outputting the detailed commodity information data based on the identified commodity; and

outputting the producer information data based on the identified symbol.

9. The method of providing commodity information according to claim 8, wherein

the commodity identification data comprises feature quantity data calculated from an image of the commodity, and

the symbol identification data comprises feature quantity data calculated from an image of the symbol.

10. The method of providing commodity information according to claim 8, further comprising:

generating the input commodity image; and

determining whether the input commodity image includes the input symbol image.

11. The method of providing commodity information according to claim 10, wherein

outputting a user interface screen which directs a user to reorient the commodity after determining that the input commodity image does not include the input symbol image, so that the image sensor can generate a revised input commodity image data which includes the input symbol image.

12. The method for providing commodity information according to claim 11, wherein the user interface screen displays a current image data generated by the image sensor.

13. The method for providing commodity information according to claim 12, wherein

the user interface screen includes a target, and the user interface screen is further configured to directs the user to reorient the commodity so that, in the current input image data, the symbol corresponds to the target mark.

14. The method of providing commodity information according to claim 8, wherein

the commodity is a produce, and the producer information data comprises at least one of:

a production district, a grade, a sugar content, a producer and a harvest date.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores a computer program for causing a computer to perform a process for providing commodity information, the process comprising:

accessing a storage module configured to store a plurality of data files, each data file corresponding to a commodity and including a plurality of data fields, each of the data fields comprising;

commodity identification information data, symbol identification data, detailed commodity information data, and producer information data;

identifying the commodity by comparing an input commodity image to the commodity identification information data;

identifying a symbol on the commodity by comparing an input symbol image to the symbol identification data;

outputting the detailed commodity information data based on the identified commodity; and

outputting the producer information data based on the identified symbol.

16. The non-transitory readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising:

generating the input commodity image; and

determining whether the input commodity image includes the input symbol image.

17. The non-transitory readable medium according to claim 16, wherein

outputting a user interface screen which directs a user to reorient the commodity after determining that the input commodity image does not include the input symbol image, so that the image sensor can generate a revised input commodity image data which includes the input symbol image.

18. The non-transitory readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the user interface screen displays a current image data generated by the image sensor.

19. The non-transitory readable medium according to claim 18, wherein

the user interface screen includes a target, and the user interface screen is further configured to directs the user to reorient the commodity so that, in the current input image data, the symbol corresponds to the target mark.

20. The non-transitory readable medium according to claim 15, wherein

the commodity is a produce, and the producer information data comprises at least one of:

a production district, a grade, a sugar content, a producer and a harvest date.