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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Dai Kinno, Tokyo, JP;
Kota Iwamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Itou, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kanako Taga, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a checkout apparatus () including an image data acquisition unit () which acquires data on an image, an image analysis unit () which recognizes a product in the image, using a feature value of appearance of each of a plurality of products registered in a feature value storage unit () and the image data; a registration unit () which registers the product recognized by the image analysis unit () as a checkout target, and a projection unit () which projects an image related to a checkout process on the product and/or a placement surface of a placement platform of the product.