METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY USING VIDEO ANALYSIS

摘要

A system detects a transaction outcome by obtaining video data associated with a transaction area and analyzing the video data to obtain at least one video transaction parameter concerning transactions associated with the transaction area. The transaction area can be a video count of items indicated in the video data as detected by an automated item detection algorithm applied to the video data. The system obtains at least one expected transaction parameter concerning an expected transaction that occurs in the transaction area, such as a scan count of items scanned at a point of sale terminal. The system automatically compares the video transaction parameter(s) to the expected transaction parameter(s) to identify a transaction outcome that may indicate fraudulent activity such as sweethearting in a retail environment.

主权项

1. A method of detecting suspicious activity, the method comprising:
receiving real-time video data originating from at least one video camera that monitors a transaction area; receiving real-time transaction data from a transaction terminal, the real-time transaction data tracking events associated with a transaction occurring in the transaction area; analyzing the real-time video data to track, in substantially real-time with respect to the at least one video camera capturing images of the transaction area, items present in the transaction area that are involved in the transaction; and comparing the video analysis of the tracked items in the real-time video data to the real-time transaction data to identify a particular event that is captured by the received real-time video data but that does not have a corresponding log in the real-time transaction data indicating that the event is part of the transaction.