Management and security alert system and self-service retail store initialization system

A management and security alert system used in a retail store comprising a first store management and anti-theft subsystem, wherein the first store management and anti-theft subsystem comprises:

• a merchandise status monitoring module for monitoring in real time whether any merchandise leaves a shelf in the retail store, locating the merchandise leaving the shelf, based on a live video stream captured by cameras in the retail store, and recording the merchandise leaving the shelf as an off-shelf merchandise;
• a Re-id human detecting and tracking module for detecting in real time whether there is a new customer entering the retail store, assigning every new customer with a unique ID number and assigning the off-shelf merchandise to the ID number of the customer who has the closest distance from the off-shelf merchandise;
• a merchandise detecting and tracking module for detecting all shelves of the retail store to determine a stock in the retail store and checking the status and locations of all the merchandise in the retail store in real time;
• a merchandise classification and search module for receiving the result of the stock detected by the merchandise detecting and tracking module, searching a category for each commodity contained in the stock and classifying the commodity with the category;
• an on-shelf merchandise data stack for storing the on-shelf merchandise data and being updated with the current status of the commodity sent from the merchandise classification and search module, wherein when a new customer is entering the retail store, the on-shelf merchandise data stack will be locked and postpone its update;
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• an alarm generating module for sending out an alert when the Re-id human detecting and tracking module detects that a customer in the retail store approaches a store exit and there is unpaid merchandise recorded under his/her ID number.