Patent ID: 11868146
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  B | IPC B  G  H

Claim 6:
7. A method for shelf label checking, the method comprising:
with a flying drone with a camera mounted thereon, acquiring a first image of a shelf having a plurality of shelf labels on a front surface of the shelf, the first image being acquired from a first distance using the camera;
extracting shelf label regions from the first image for each of the plurality of shelf labels in the first image;
setting a flight path for the flying drone based on the extracted shelf label regions;
causing the flying drone to fly along the set flight path to acquire a second image of each of the plurality of shelf labels in turn from a second distance closer to the shelf than the first distance; and
checking for a defect in each of the plurality of shelf labels based on information read from each shelf label in the second image of the shelf label and management information for the respective shelf label indicating an intended position and content for the respective shelf label.