METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20160292628A1
• Filed: 03/24/2016
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: NAGAMATSU, Shinji
• Application Number:
  US15/079,252
• Publication Number:
  US 20160292628A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

A method executed by a computer, the method includes: acquiring a captured image in which a product display shelf is image-captured; detecting, from the captured image, first identification information associated with a first position in the product display shelf and second identification information associated with a second position in the product display shelf; and determining that a display position of a product exists between the first position and the second position, in a case where product identification information associated with the product is detected at a position between the first identification information and the second identification information in the captured image.

Claims

1. A method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

acquiring a captured image in which a product display shelf is image-captured;

detecting, from the captured image, first identification information associated with a first position in the product display shelf and second identification information associated with a second position in the product display shelf; and

determining that a display position of a product exists between the first position and the second position, in a case where product identification information associated with the product is detected at a position between the first identification information and the second identification information in the captured image.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the first identification information and the second identification information are displayed at different positions in a front side surface of a specific shelf plate on which products are able to be placed and which is included in the product display shelf, and

the determining determines that the display position of the product corresponding to the product identification information exists between the first position and the second position in the specific shelf plate.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the product display shelf includes two or more shelf plates on which products are able to be placed, and

in a case where the product identification information is detected at a position between the first identification information and the second identification information with respect to a specific shelf plate out of the two or more shelf plates in the captured image, the determining determines that the display position of the product exists between the first position and the second position in the specific shelf plate.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the determining determines that the display position of the product corresponding to the product identification information exists between the first position and the second position in the specific shelf plate, in a case where the product identification information is detected within a predetermined distance from a line connecting the first identification information with the second identification information in the captured image.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a plurality of identification information from the captured image,

wherein

the detecting of the first identification information and the second identification includes;

specifying, as the first identification information and the second identification information, a set of identification information arranged adjacent to each other in the captured image among the plurality of identification information, and

repeating the specifying with regard to all sets of the identification information, and

the method further comprising;

determining whether the product identification information is detected at a position between the specified first identification information and the specified second identification information for each of all sets of the identification information.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing the first identification information and the second identification information in association with the product identification information into a product display position master when it is determined that the display position of the product exists between the first position and the second position.

7. A method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

acquiring a captured image of a product display shelf including one or more shelf plates, wherein the captured image includes pieces of identification information associated with respective different positions in the product display shelf and product identification information associated with a product;

detecting the two or more pieces of identification information that are associated with a specific shelf plate out of the one or more shelf plates and that are included in the pieces of identification information included in the acquired captured image; and

determining that a position between the two pieces of identification information is a display position of the product, wherein the two pieces of identification information are adjacent to each other, sandwich therebetween a position of the product identification information in the captured image, and are included in the detected two or more pieces of identification information.

8. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

acquiring a captured image in which a product display shelf is image-captured;

detecting, from the captured image, first identification information associated with a first position in the product display shelf and second identification information associated with a second position in the product display shelf; and

determining that a display position of a product exists between the first position and the second position, in a case where product identification information associated with the product is detected at a position between the first identification information and the second identification information in the captured image.

9. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein

the first identification information and the second identification information are displayed at different positions in a front side surface of a specific shelf plate on which products are able to be placed and which is included in the product display shelf, and

the determining determines that the display position of the product corresponding to the product identification information exists between the first position and the second position in the specific shelf plate.

10. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein

the product display shelf includes two or more shelf plates on which products are able to be placed, and

in a case where the product identification information is detected at a position between the first identification information and the second identification information with respect to a specific shelf plate out of the two or more shelf plates in the captured image, the determining determines that the display position of the product exists between the first position and the second position in the specific shelf plate.

11. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein

the determining determines that the display position of the product corresponding to the product identification information exists between the first position and the second position in the specific shelf plate, in a case where the product identification information is detected within a predetermined distance from a line connecting the first identification information with the second identification information in the captured image.

12. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein

the process further comprising:

detecting a plurality of identification information from the captured image,

the detecting of the first identification information and the second identification includes;

specifying, as the first identification information and the second identification information, a set of identification information arranged adjacent to each other in the captured image among the plurality of identification information, and

repeating the identifying with regard to all sets of the identification information, and

the process further comprising;

determining whether the product identification information is detected at a position between the specified first identification information and the specified second identification information for each of all sets of the identification information.

13. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the process further comprising:

storing the first identification information and the second identification information in association with the product identification information into a product display position master when it is determined that the display position of the product exists between the first position and the second position.