Imaging Systems and Methods for Monitoring Items in Predetermined Areas

A system comprising:

• a first imaging assembly disposed within a venue, the first imaging assembly configured to capture images over at least a portion of a predefined zone located physically within the venue;
• a second imaging assembly associated with a point-of-sale (POS) station;
• a server communicatively connected to the first imaging assembly and the second imaging assembly;
• and
• computing instructions stored on a memory accessible by the server, and that when executed by one or more processors communicatively connected to the server, cause the one or more processors to:
• associate a person with an item acquired within a predefined zone of a venue by capturing first image-data via the first imaging assembly and analyzing the first image-data to identify at least one attribute of the person and at least one attribute of the item;
• detect the person at the point-of-sale (POS) station of the venue by capturing second image-data via the second imaging assembly and analyzing the second image-data to identify the at least one attribute of the person;
• responsive to the detecting the person at the POS station, monitor a checkout transaction for a scanning of the item, wherein the scanning of the item adds the item to a transaction log;
• and
• responsive to the item not being scanned prior to a payment step of the checkout transaction, determine an instance of a potential shrink event.

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:

• associate a person with an item acquired within a predefined zone of a venue by capturing first image-data via a first imaging assembly and analyzing the first image-data to identify at least one attribute of the person and at least one attribute of the item;
• detect the person at a point-of-sale (POS) station of the venue by capturing second image-data via a second imaging assembly and analyzing the second image-data to identify the at least one attribute of the person;
• responsive to the detecting the person at the POS station, monitor a checkout transaction for a scanning of the item, wherein the scanning of the item adds the item to a transaction log;
• and
• responsive to the item not being scanned prior to a payment step of the checkout transaction, determine an instance of a potential shrink event.