公开(公告)号：US20190005281A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-03

申请号：US16062252

申请日：2016-12-27

Applicant: NEC CORPORATION ,  NEC PLATFORMS, LTD. ,  NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.

Inventor： Hisayuki MIZUGUCHI ,  Takeshi YAMAKAGE ,  Hideo YOKOI ,  Katsuhito OKAMURA

IPC: G06K7/10 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G07G1/00

Abstract: An article identification apparatus (10) includes an article identification information acquisition unit (110) that acquires article identification information of an article, an image acquisition unit (120) that acquires an image of an attached object attached to the article, a group identification information acquisition unit (130) that acquires group identification information for identifying a group to which the article belongs by processing the image, and an article information acquisition unit (140) that acquires article information corresponding to a combination of the acquired group identification information and the acquired article identification information.

公开(公告)号：US20210058586A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-25

申请号：US16977316

申请日：2018-03-02

Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

Inventor： Soma SHIRAISHI ,  Kota IWAMOTO ,  Hideo YOKOI ,  Tsugunori TAKATA ,  Emi KITAGAWA

IPC: H04N7/18 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G02B27/28

Abstract: An information processing system (2000) includes a camera (10), a polarization filter (20), a display device (30), and an information processing apparatus (200). The display device (30) includes a display screen (32), and an object (40) is placed on the display screen (32). The camera (10) has an image area in which the display screen (32) is included. The information processing apparatus (200) displays, on the display screen (32), a first display based on a captured image (12) generated by the camera (10). The polarization filter (20) is located between a lens of the camera (10) and the display screen (32) when the lens of the camera (10) faces the display screen (32).

公开(公告)号：US20210012305A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-14

申请号：US16978297

申请日：2018-10-10

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Tsugunori TAKATA ,  Hideo YOKOI ,  Kota IWAMOTO ,  Soma SHIRAISHI

IPC: G06Q20/20 ,  G07G1/12 ,  G06K9/20

Abstract: There is provided a settlement system (10) including an acquisition unit (11) that acquires an image including a product, generated by an imaging unit, an image analysis unit (12) that recognizes a product and a first pattern or a second pattern attached to the product, and a registration unit (13) that registers the product without changing a price of the product in a case where the first pattern is recognized, and registers the product by changing the price of the product in a case where the second pattern is recognized.

公开(公告)号：US20170178108A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US15129758

申请日：2015-03-25

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI ,  Kota IWAMOTO ,  Tetsuo INOSHITA ,  Soma SHIRAISHI ,  Hiroshi YAMADA ,  Jun KOBAYASHI ,  Eiji MURAMATSU ,  Michio NAGAI ,  Hideo YOKOI

IPC: G06Q20/20 ,  G06K9/20

CPC classification number: G06Q20/208 ,  G06K9/00912 ,  G06K9/2036 ,  G07G1/0045 ,  G07G1/01

Abstract: A POS-terminal device includes: a housing that is provided with a product-reading device including an imaging unit configured to capture a product to generate an image; a product-input unit configured to input the product, the product-input unit including a product-reading frame configured to define an outer edge of an imaging area of the imaging unit; and a reflector configured to reflect a subject image of the product passed over the imaging area, outside the housing.

公开(公告)号：US20230359432A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18221667

申请日：2023-07-13

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Soma Shiraishi ,  Kota IWAMOTO ,  Hideo YOKOI ,  Tsugunori TAKATA ,  Emi KITAGAWA

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06V20/52

CPC classification number: G06F3/167 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06Q20/208 ,  G06V20/52

Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of improving labor of a registration operation of a product and enabling a checkout operator to recognize a recognition result. In order to solve the problem, the invention provides a registration apparatus (10) including: an image acquisition unit (11) that acquires an image obtained by imaging a placement surface of a table, on which a product is placed; an analysis unit (12) that recognizes the product included in the image, a registration unit (14) that registers the recognized product as a checkout target, and an output unit (13) that outputs a name of the recognized product by voice.

公开(公告)号：US20210004644A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-07

申请号：US16977279

申请日：2018-03-02

Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

Inventor： Soma SHIRAISHI ,  Kota IWAMOTO ,  Tsugunori TAKATA ,  Hideo YOKOI ,  Emi KITAGAWA ,  Saiprasad Chandrakant KOTURWAR

IPC: G06K9/62 ,  G06K9/32 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: A store system (1) includes a store apparatus (10), an image capturing apparatus (30), and a display (40) that is also used as a placement surface of a product (P). The image capturing apparatus (30) generates an image in which the product (P) placed on a display surface of the display (40) is captured. The store apparatus (10) includes an image acquisition unit (110) that acquires an image generated by the image capturing apparatus (30), a mode switching unit (120) that switches between a product registration mode for registering a product to be purchased by a customer and an image collection mode for collecting a learning image of a discriminator for identifying a product, a product registration unit (130) that registers, during the product registration mode, a product identified by the discriminator, based on the image, as a product to be purchased, a display control unit (140) that displays, during the image collection mode, a predetermined background image on the display surface of the display (40), and an image collection unit (150) that stores, in a predetermined storage apparatus, an image in which the background image and the product (P) are captured as the learning image.

公开(公告)号：US20180082276A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15560174

申请日：2016-03-22

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Hideo YOKOI ,  Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI

IPC: G06Q20/20

CPC classification number: G06Q20/208 ,  G07G1/0063

Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) includes an image acquisition unit (110) that acquires an image in association with depth information indicating a depthwise distance of an object included in an imaging range, and a product identification unit (120) that identifies a product having the distance of the depth information equal to or less than a threshold value, from the acquired image.

公开(公告)号：US20220262088A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17739439

申请日：2022-05-09

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Ryoma IIO ,  Kota IWAMOTO ,  Hideo YOKOI ,  Ryo TAKATA ,  Kazuya KOYAMA

IPC: G06V10/24 ,  G07G1/00 ,  G06V10/75 ,  G06V20/00

Abstract: Provided is an image recognition system that can easily perform image recognition on a side face of an item. An image recognition system according to one example embodiment of the present invention includes: a placement stage used for placing an item below an image capture device provided so as to perform capturing of a downward direction; a support structure configured to support the item at a predetermined angle relative to a top face of the placement stage; and an image recognition apparatus that identifies the item by performing image recognition on an image of the item acquired by the image capture device.

公开(公告)号：US20220036042A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17276217

申请日：2019-09-11

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Tsugunori TAKATA ,  Hideo YOKOI ,  Kota IWAMOTO ,  Soma SHIRAISHI

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G06K9/18

Abstract: Provided is an information acquisition system including: an image capture apparatus including a camera that captures a target object to generate an image; and a control apparatus including a control unit that controls the image capture apparatus so that a plurality of images in accordance with a plurality of different environment conditions are generated and an information acquisition unit that acquires target object information input to a discriminator that identifies an object, in which the target object information includes the plurality of images or a plurality of feature amounts obtained from the plurality of images.

公开(公告)号：US20210174540A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US16768724

申请日：2018-11-29

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Kota IWAMOTO ,  Soma SHIRAISHI ,  Hideo YOKOI ,  Tsugunori TAKATA

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  G06K9/78 ,  G09G5/38

Abstract: According to the some non-limiting embodiments, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit 13 that causes a display provided on a surface on which an object is placed, to display a first image including a predetermined display element, and a conversion rule generation unit 15 that acquires a second image generated by an imaging apparatus having an imaging range including the display and generates a conversion rule for converting coordinates in the image of the imaging apparatus into coordinates in the display, by using a detection result of the display element in the second image.