Patent ID: 10755134

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a memory configured to store training data used for automatically sorting objects. The apparatus acquires a first captured-image that is captured at a first timing before an object-sorting work for sorting objects is performed, and a second captured-image that is captured at a second timing after the object-sorting work has been performed, and extracts, from each of the first captured-image and the second captured-image, a feature amount of an object-image that is an image of an object included in each of the first captured-image and the second captured-image. The apparatus stores, in the memory, as the training data, a first feature amount corresponding to a first object whose object-image is included in both the first captured image and the second captured image, or a second feature amount corresponding to a second object whose object-image is included in only one of the first captured-image and the second captured-image.