Method and Apparatus for Managing Product Placement on Store Shelf
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsThomas A. Birch, Micheal J. Kasper
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for attending to a supply of product at a position on a store shelf involves receiving an electronic image of the position on a store shelf and comparing the electronic image to a previous electronic image of the position on the store shelf. Depending of the difference, if any, between the two images, generating an indication to attend to the supply of product at the position on the store shelf.
Claims18
A method for attending to a supply of product at a position on a store shelf, comprising:
- receiving an electronic image of the position on a store shelf;
- comparing the electronic image to a previous electronic image of the position on the store shelf;
- and
- generating an indication to attend to the supply of product at the position on the store shelf based on the analysis.
A system for attending to a supply of product at a position on a store shelf, comprising:
- an electronic image capture device to capture and transmit an electronic image of the position on a store shelf;
- a processor executing video analytic software coupled to the electronic image capture device to receive the electronic image and compare the electronic image to a previous electronic image of the position on the store shelf and generate an indication to attend to the supply of product at the position on the store shelf based on the analysis.
At least one machine readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- receive a first electronic image of the position on a store shelf;
- receive a second electronic image of the position on a store shelf;
- compare the second electronic image to the first electronic image of the position on the store shelf;
- and
- generate an indication to attend to the supply of product at the position on the store shelf based on the analysis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.