• @disguy_ovahea
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    123 days 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
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      1123 days 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.