System for verifying physical object absences from assigned regions using video analytics

A detection method comprising:

• receiving, with a computing device equipped with a video analysis module and a confirmation module, in communication with a database, a first image of a vacant region within a facility, to which a first plurality of like physical objects are assigned, the first image received from a mobile device executing an application associated with the facility and including an identifier of the first plurality of like physical objects;
• receiving, from the mobile device, GPS coordinates of a geographic location at which the first image was taken;
• and
• analyzing the first image with the video analysis module, the video analysis module:
• querying the database for data associated with the first plurality of like physical objects using the identifier of the first plurality of like physical objects from the first image,
• performing video analytics on the first image of the vacant region using data received in response to the query,
• verifying a location of the vacant region based on the video analytics and the GPS coordinates,
• retrieving a stored image of at least one of the first plurality of like physical objects, from the database;
• comparing the stored image of the at least one of the first plurality of like physical objects with the first image of the vacant region;
• verifying the first plurality of like physical objects are absent from the vacant region in the image based on the data associated with the first plurality of like physical objects and the location of the vacant region and the comparison of the stored image of the at least one of the first plurality of like physical objects with the first image of the vacant region;
• and
• confirming, with the confirmation module that the first image taken by the mobile device is legitimate by capturing a second image of the mobile device taking the first image of the vacant region, the second image taken by an image capturing device affixed to a fixture of the facility,
• wherein an event is triggered in response to verifying that the first plurality of like physical objects are absent from the vacant region.

One or more non-transitory computer readable memory media storing instructions, wherein the instructions are executable by one or more processors to:

• receive, with a computing device equipped with a video analysis module and a confirmation module and in communication with a database, a first image of a vacant region within a facility, to which a first plurality of like physical objects are assigned, the first image received from a mobile device executing an application associated with the facility and including an identifier of the first plurality of like physical objects;
• receive, from the mobile device, GPS coordinates of a geographic location at which the first image was taken;
• and
• analyze the first image with the video analysis module, the video analysis module configured to:
• query the database for data associated with the first plurality of like physical objects using the identifier of the first plurality of like physical objects from the first image,
• perform video analytics on the first image of the vacant region using data received in response to the query,
• verify a location of the vacant region based on the video analytics and the GPS coordinates,
• retrieve a stored image of at least one of the first plurality of like physical objects, from the database;
• compare the stored image of the at least one of the first plurality of like physical objects with the first image of the vacant region;
• verify the first plurality of like physical objects are absent from the vacant region in the image based on the data associated with the first plurality of like physical objects and the location of the vacant region and the comparison of the stored image of the at least one of the first plurality of like physical objects with the first image of the vacant region;
• and
• confirm, with the confirmation module that the first image taken by the mobile device is legitimate by capturing a second image of the mobile device taking the first image of the vacant region, the second image taken by an image capturing device affixed to a fixture of the facility, wherein an event is triggered in response to verifying that the first plurality of like physical objects are absent from the vacant region.