Patent ID: 11972600
Assignee: TRUMPF WERKZEUGMASCHINEN SE + CO. KG
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. An apparatus for identifying an article by associating an image of the article with stored article data, the apparatus comprising:
a) an image capturing device for capturing the image of the article;
b) an image extractor configured to extract image features from the image using a first plurality of interconnected data aggregation routines;
c) an article extractor configured to extract article features of a plurality of stored articles from the stored article data using a second plurality of interconnected data aggregation routines; and
d) a comparator configured to compare the image features to the article features using a third plurality of interconnected data aggregation routines;
wherein each data aggregation routine is configured to aggregate a plurality of ascertained data into a new data packet using a function with weighted variables, wherein the ascertained data comprise image data, article data, or data packets made available by one of the data aggregation routines, and wherein the weighted variables of the extractor, of the article extractor, and of the comparator are optimizable on a basis of a user rating; and
wherein the apparatus is configured to output association information of the article with one or more stored articles of the plurality of stored articles, the association information being created based on the comparison of the image features to the article features.