Shopping environment analysis system and method with normalization
AssigneeSorensen Associates Inc
InventorHerb Sorensen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A system and method are provided for analyzing a shopping environment. The method typically includes tracking a plurality of paths of a plurality of persons in the shopping environment, and recording corresponding path data. The method further may include normalizing path data for each path by use of a predetermined normalization function, and calculating a predetermined statistical measure of the normalized shopping data. The method also may include producing output based upon the predetermined statistical measure.
Claims50
A method for analyzing a shopping environment, the method comprising the steps of:
- tracking a plurality of paths of a plurality of persons in the shopping environment;
- recording corresponding path data;
- normalizing path data for each path by use of a predetermined normalization function;
- calculating a predetermined statistical measure of the normalized shopping data;
- and
- producing output based upon the predetermined statistical measure.
A system for use in analyzing a shopping environment, the system comprising:
- a computing device configured to receive path data corresponding to a plurality of persons tracked in one or more shopping environments, the path data including position data and time data, and execute an analysis program having a normalization module and a statistical calculation module;
- wherein the normalization module is configured to convert the path data to a common time frame of reference and a common physical frame of reference, to thereby produce normalized path data;
- and
- wherein the statistical calculation module is configured to calculate a predetermined statistical measure based on the normalized path data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.