Computer vision navigation

摘要

A system for computer-aided visual recognition of products may help a customer navigate to a selected product in a retail store. A customer can direct a mobile computing device camera at one or more targeted products displayed on store shelves. Image recognition operations can be carried out to compare the targeted product image(s) against images from a prepopulated product image store of known products. Upon a positive match, shelf location information of the identified targeted product(s) may be used to determine the current location of the customer. An in-store destination location is defined by the shelf location for the selected product. A route may be calculated to navigate the customer from the current location to the destination location.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for navigating to a selected product, comprising:
receiving, at a processing device of a navigation server, one or more signals from a mobile computing device corresponding to one or more images of a targeted product; receiving at least one image from a product image store; determining, at the processing device, that the one or more images of the targeted product matches the at least one image stored at the product image store by:
comparing, at the processing device, the one or more images of the targeted product to the at least one image stored at the product image store, thereby resulting in a comparison score; anddetermining, at the processing device, that the comparison score meets a minimum score threshold; in response to the comparison score meeting the minimum score threshold, recalling, from a store map database, information regarding an in-store location of the targeted product; mapping a current location based on the in-store location of the targeted product; and transmitting, from the processing device, directions and actively navigating from the current location to the in-store location of the targeted product.