• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    4 months ago

    That was for automated checkout. Video people counters have been around for years. I’ve worked for companies that used them to count customers by department.

    • whenyellowstonehasitsday@fedia.io
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      4 months ago

      this isn’t counting people. this is working out which item or items people pick up from a shelf and decide to keep, if any. that isn’t just similar to the automated checkout problem: it’s the same exact problem. if anything, this iteration of it is more challenging because a blueberry is a fair amount smaller than a tin of beans.