System and method for video-based detection of goods received event in a vehicular drive-thru
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsQun Li, Edgar A. Bernal, Matthew A. Shreve
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Abstract
A system and method for detection of a goods-received event includes acquiring images of a retail location including a vehicular drive-thru, determining a region of interest within the images, the region of interest including at least a portion of a region in which goods are delivered to a customer, and analyzing the images using at least one computer vision technique to determine when goods are received by a customer. The analyzing includes identifying at least one item belonging to a class of items, the at least one item's presence in the region of interest being indicative of a goods-received event.
Claims24
A method for detection of a goods-received event comprising:
- acquiring images of a vehicular drive-thru associated with a business;
- determining a first region of interest within the images, the region of interest including at least a portion of a region in which goods are delivered to a customer;
- and
- analyzing the images using at least one computer vision technique to determine when goods are received by a customer;
- wherein the analyzing includes identifying at least one item belonging to a class of items, the at least one item's presence in the region of interest being indicative of a goods-received event.
A system for video-based detection of a goods received event, the system comprising a device for monitoring customers including a memory in communication with a processor configured to:
- acquire images of a vehicular drive-thru associated with a business;
- determine a first region of interest within the images, the region of interest including at least a portion of a region in which goods are delivered to a customer;
- and
- analyze the images using at least one computer vision technique to determine when goods are received by a customer, the analyzing includes identifying at least one item belonging to a class of items, the at least one item's presence in the region of interest being indicative of a goods-received event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.