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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yaeko Yonezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Soma Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
Yu Nabeto, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A product identification apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an image processing unit, and a storage processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires an image generated by an image capturing apparatus. The image includes a product shelf and a product. The image processing unit determines a position where continuity of the product shelf is broken by processing the image acquired by the acquisition unit, and divides the product shelf into a unit region by using the position. Further, the image processing unit determines a kind and a product name of the product by processing the image acquired by the acquisition unit. The storage processing unit causes a storage unit to store product identification information of the product located in the unit region, for each unit region of the product shelf.