Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10410198-B2
Application number	US-201515322224-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2015
Priority date	Jul 1, 2014
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

An information processing device ( 10 ) includes a commodity detection unit that detects a commodity information symbol, a service detection unit ( 120 ) that detects a service information symbol, and an association unit ( 130 ) that associates commodity information obtained using a commodity information symbol corresponding to a shorter time period, out of a time period from detection of a commodity information symbol to detection of a service information symbol and a time period from the detection of the service information symbol to detection of a commodity information symbol, with service information obtained using the service information symbol.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing device comprising to:
a processor;
a memory storing code that the processor executes to:
detect a commodity information symbol;
detect a service information symbol;
recognize that a commodity information symbol has been detected after service information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected and that two service information symbols have been continuously detected after a commodity information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected; and
associate commodity information obtained using a commodity information symbol corresponding to a shorter time period, out of a time period from detection of a commodity information symbol to detection of a service information symbol and a time period from the detection of the service information symbol to detection of a commodity information symbol, with service information obtained using the service information symbol,
wherein the processor is changed over to an association process using a time period between the detection of the commodity information symbol and the detection of the service information symbol and an association process that does not depend on any time period, in accordance with the recognition by the processor,
wherein the processor associates commodity information and service information with each other without depending on any time period by using a commodity information symbol and a service information symbol which are successively detected, in a case where a commodity information symbol is detected after a service information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected and in a case where two service information symbols are successively detected after a commodity information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor executes the code to further:
acquire a time period from detection of a commodity information symbol to detection of a service information symbol before a next commodity information symbol is detected and a time period from the detection of the service information symbol to the detection of the next commodity information symbol.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein in a case where symbols are detected in order of a first commodity information symbol, a service information symbol, and a second commodity information symbol, the processor acquires a first time period from the detection of the first commodity information symbol to the detection of the service information symbol and a second time period from the detection of the service information symbol to the detection of the second commodity information symbol, and the processor determines a commodity information symbol to be associated with the service information on the basis of results of comparison between a length of the first time period and a length of the second time period.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor further specifies, in a case where a commodity information symbol is further detected after a commodity information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected, that there is no service information to be associated with commodity information obtained from the earlier detected commodity information symbol.

5. An information processing method performed by at least one computer, the method comprising:
detecting a commodity information symbol;

detecting a service information symbol;
recognize that a commodity information symbol has been detected after service information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected and that two service information symbols have been continuously detected after a commodity information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected; and
associating, in a case where the service information symbol is detected between the detections of the two successive commodity information symbols, commodity information obtained using a commodity information symbol corresponding to a shorter time period, out of a time period from the detection of the earlier commodity information symbol to the detection of the service information symbol and a time period from the detection of the service information symbol and the detection of the later commodity information symbol, with service information obtained using the service information symbol,
wherein the processor is changed over to an association process using a time period between the detection of the commodity information symbol and the detection of the service information symbol and an association process that does not depend on any time period, in accordance with the recognition by the processor,
wherein the associating comprises associating commodity information and service information with each other without depending on any time period by using a commodity information symbol and a service information symbol which are successively detected, in a case where a commodity information symbol is detected after a service information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected and in a case where two service information symbols are successively detected after a commodity information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing at least one computer to perform an information processing method, the information processing method comprising:
detecting a commodity information symbol;

detecting a service information symbol;
recognize that a commodity information symbol has been detected after service information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected and that two service information symbols have been continuously detected after a commodity information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected; and

associating, in a case where the service information symbol is detected between the detections of the two successive commodity information symbols, commodity information obtained using a commodity information symbol corresponding to a shorter time period, out of a time period from the detection of the earlier commodity information symbol to the detection of the service information symbol and a time period from the detection of the service information symbol and the detection of the later commodity information symbol, with service information obtained using the service information symbol,
wherein the processor is changed over to an association process using a time period between the detection of the commodity information symbol and the detection of the service information symbol and an association process that does not depend on any time period, in accordance with the recognition by the processor,
wherein the associating comprising associating commodity information and service information with each other without depending on any time period by using a commodity information symbol and a service information symbol which are successively detected, in a case where a commodity information symbol is detected after a service information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected and in a case where two service information symbols are successively detected after a commodity information symbol having no prior candidate for association therewith is detected.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Hiroyasu
• Miura Motoko
• Sakuma Takuro

Classifications

• G07G1/12

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