Shenzhen Malong Technologies Co., Ltd.

Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Kai Fu

Jun Wang

Shengchen Dai

Jiajie Tong

Matthew Robert Scott

Dinglong Huang

Zhan Yu

Rong Li

Provided are a method and apparatus for identifying a product. The method includes: acquiring an image of the product; performing multilevel detection on the image to determine a label region of the product, specifically, an image region corresponding to a previous level of detection is greater than an image region corresponding to a following level of detection; and identifying information in the label region to determine information of the product. A product can be identified automatically by acquiring the image of the product and performing multilevel detection on the image, thereby efficiency is improved, a large number of products can be handled, and cost is reduced.

Method and apparatus for identifying a product

Provided are a self-service method and device. The method includes: acquiring by a camera video data associated with a shopping cart at a distance from a shelf less than a preset value; determining whether an article is being placed into the shopping cart, based on identification of the video data; if yes, acquiring an ID of the shopping cart, determining the placed article and associating the ID with the article; displaying a total sum of all articles associated with the ID to the user when detecting the shopping cart corresponding to the ID is located in a preset payment area in the shopping mall; and executing a permitting procedure for allowing the shopping cart corresponding to the ID to pass upon reception of a message fed back from the payment area and indicating that the total sum corresponding to the ID has been cleared.

Self-service method and device

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Shenzhen, China

Kai Fu