PRODUCT PLACEMENT MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in monitoring inventory. Some embodiments provide a product inventory evaluation apparatus, comprising: an inventory tracking unit comprising: a transceiver; a control circuit coupled with the transceiver; and a memory coupled to the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: receive one or more images of a floor of a shopping facility upon which multiple product support units are positioned and configured to store multiple different products; identify, in each of the one or more images, one or more shadows of at least a portion of one or more product support units; and determine, from the one or more shadows of at least the portion of the one or more product support units, whether a first product is present and stored relative to each of the one or more product support units.

主权项

1. A product inventory evaluation apparatus, comprising:
an inventory tracking unit comprising:
a transceiver configured to couple with and receive communications from over a distributed network;a control circuit coupled with the transceiver; anda memory coupled to the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to:
receive one or more images of a floor of a shopping facility upon which multiple product support units are positioned and configured to store multiple different products;identify, in each of the one or more images, one or more shadows of at least a portion of one or more product support units of the multiple product support units; anddetermine, from the one or more shadows of at least the portion of the one or more product support units, whether a first product is present and stored relative to each of the one or more product support units.