VENDING MACHINE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, MERCHANDISE SHELF RECOGNITION DEVICE, VENDING MACHINE RECOGNITION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

摘要

Provided is a technique making it possible to more favorably collect merchandise information for merchandise being sold. A vending machine recognition apparatus according to the present invention comprises a receiving means that receives an acquired image of a vending machine and a recognition means that recognizes merchandise from the acquired image and that recognizes the price of the merchandise from an image region of the periphery of an image region of the recognized merchandise.