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Advanced Image Processing System for Object Recognition

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A Japanese inventor has developed a patent for an advanced information processing system that combines multiple image processing techniques to improve object recognition accuracy. Dai, Xiaoyan, filed the patent on December 4, 2020, and it was published online on September 30, 2025, as U.S. Patent Number 12430896. The system uses a combination of character recognition, machine learning, and feature matching to recognize objects from a single image. The system's control unit can switch between the three image processing techniques based on the reliability of the processing results, ensuring accurate object recognition even in complex scenes.

Key Takeaways:

  • The patent describes an information processing system that includes an imaging unit, an information processing device, and a control unit.
  • The system can perform at least one of three image processing techniques: object recognition using character recognition, machine learning, or feature matching.
  • The control unit can switch between the three image processing techniques based on the reliability of the processing results.
  • If the reliability of the processing results of two image processing techniques is equal to or lower than a threshold value, the control unit performs the third image processing technique.
  • If the degree of reliability of the processing result of the third image processing is higher than the threshold value, the control unit specifies the object on the basis of the processing result.
  • The system can be used in various applications, including item recognition in a cash register terminal.

Statistics:

  • U.S. Patent Number 12430896 was filed on December 4, 2020.
  • The patent was published online on September 30, 2025.
  • The system uses three image processing techniques: character recognition, machine learning, and feature matching.
  • The control unit can switch between the three image processing techniques based on the reliability of the processing results.

Sources:

  • Dai, Xiaoyan. Information Processing System, Information Processing Device, and Information Processing Method that Performs at least any One of Plural Kinds of Image Processing on a Taken Image. U.S. Patent Number 12430896, filed December 4, 2020, and published online on September 30, 2025. Patent URL (for desktop use only): https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?q=(12430896)&db=USPAT&type=ids

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