Product image information extraction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9524518-B1
Application number	US-201615041846-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 11, 2016
Priority date	Jul 2, 2012
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A system and method for receiving data representing a product label associated with a product and extracting product information from the data. An updated product profile including the product information may be generated if a confidence score associated with the product information is greater than or equal to a threshold value. The updated product profile may be used to populate an e-commerce website wherein a customer may purchase the product.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving data representing a product label associated with a product, wherein the data includes a representation of at least one of: a graphic, text, image, picture, mark, marking or logo on product packaging;
extracting, from the data, product information indicative of one or more attributes of the product;
determining an information confidence score associated with the product information based at least in part on analyzing the product information and a stored list of keywords;
generating, by a processing device of a computing system, an updated product profile based at least in part on the product information after determining the information confidence score associated with the product information is greater than or equal to a threshold value; and
sending the updated product profile to a data store used to populate an e-commerce website, wherein the e-commerce website enables the customer to purchase the product.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting the threshold value based on a product type associated with the product from a plurality of threshold values associated with a plurality of product types.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the updated product profile in an attribute data store used to populate a catalog displayed to the customer via the e-commerce website.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising analyzing the data in view of reference data stored in a data store.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a catalog entry comprising at least a portion of the updated product profile.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a level of interpretation used in analyzing the product information and the stored list of keywords.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:
receive data representing a product label associated with a product, wherein the data includes a representation of at least one of: a graphic, text, image, picture, mark, marking or logo on product packaging;
extract, from the data, product information indicative of one or more attributes of the product;
determine an information confidence score associated with the product information based at least in part on analyzing the product information and a stored list of keywords;
generate, by the processing device, an updated product profile based at least in part on the product information after determining the information confidence score associated with the product information is greater than or equal to a threshold value; and
send the updated product profile to a data store used to populate an e-commerce website, wherein the e-commerce website enables the customer to purchase the product.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , the processing device to select the threshold value based on a product type associated with the product from a plurality of threshold values associated with a plurality of product types.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the product information represents a certification associated with the product.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , the processing device to store the updated product profile in an attribute data store used to populate a catalog displayed to the customer via the e-commerce website.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the processing device analyzes the data in view of reference data stored in a data store.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , the processing device to generate a catalog entry comprising at least a portion of the updated product profile.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , the processing device to determine a level of interpretation used in analyzing the product information and the stored list of keywords.

14. A computing system comprising:
a memory to store instructions; and
a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to execute the instructions to:
receive data representing a product label associated with a product, wherein the data includes a representation of at least one of: a graphic, text, image, picture, mark, marking or logo on product packaging;
extract, from the data, product information indicative of one or more attributes of the product;
determine an information confidence score associated with the product information based at least in part on analyzing the product information and a stored list of keywords;
generate an updated product profile based at least in part on the product information after determining the information confidence score associated with the product information is greater than or equal to a threshold value; and
send the updated product profile to a data store used to populate an e-commerce website, wherein the e-commerce website enables the customer to purchase the product.

15. The computing system of claim 14 , the processing device to execute the instructions to select the threshold value based on a product type associated with the product from a plurality of threshold values associated with a plurality of product types.

16. The computing system of claim 14 , wherein the product information represents a certification associated with the product.

17. The computing system of claim 14 , the processing device to execute the instructions to store the updated product profile in an attribute data store used to populate a catalog displayed to the customer via the e-commerce website.

18. The computing system of claim 14 , the processing device to execute the instructions to analyze wherein the data in view of reference data stored in a data store.

19. The computing system of claim 14 , the processing device to execute the instructions to generate a catalog entry comprising at least a portion of the updated product profile.

20. The computing system of claim 14 , the processing device to execute the instructions to determine a level of interpretation used in analyzing the product information and the stored list of keywords.

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Singer Derek Cole
• Ramesh Sunil
• Lehmann Sebastian
• Steves Andrea C
• Condie Nathan John

Classifications

• G06F18/21

  Design or setup of recognition systems or techniques; Extraction of features in feature space; Blind source separation · CPC title

• G06V30/40

  Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition · CPC title

• G06V30/268

  Lexical context · CPC title

• G06V30/10

  Character recognition · CPC title

• G06Q30/0603 Primary

  Catalogue creation or management · CPC title