Shelf Label Recognition for Product Alignment Error Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to maintain consistency in the number and positional relationship between shelf labels and products due to errors in arrangement, leading to customer confusion.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a product recognition unit, shelf label recognition unit, and determination unit to identify errors in the relationship between product groups and shelf labels, ensuring accurate alignment and numbering.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual arrangement of shelf labels is performed, then flexibility in product lineup changes is improved, but consistency between shelf labels and products deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system captures images of shelf labels and products, automatically recognizes and compares their positions and relationships, then provides feedback by determining whether errors exist in the relationships between shelf labels and products. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures consistency while maintaining manual arrangement flexibility.
2Productivity
If automated recognition system is implemented, then checking efficiency is improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing apparatus performs multiple functions including capturing images, recognizing shelf labels, recognizing products, determining spatial relationships, and error detection. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single multi-functional system, the patent achieves high checking efficiency while managing system complexity through functional integration.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a product recognition unit (2020), a shelf label recognition unit (2040), and a determination unit (2060). The product recognition unit (2020) recognizes the number of types of products or positions of each type of products from a target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes the number or positions of shelf labels indicating information of the products from the target image. The determination unit (2060) determines whether or not there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels or in a relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels.