Apparatus and method of monitoring product placement within a shopping facility
First Claim
1. A retail system configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising:
- a product monitoring control circuit associated with a shopping facility; and
a memory coupled with the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to;
obtain a three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data;
obtain, based on the 3D scan mapping, multiple product depth distances defined between a reference proximate an edge of a product support structure and each of multiple items of a first product positioned on the product support structure; and
identify when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference proximate the edge of the product support structure.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in monitoring product placement within a shopping facility. Some embodiments provide an apparatus configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising: a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive communications; a product monitoring control circuit coupled with the transceiver; a memory coupled with the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: obtain a composite three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data; evaluate the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances; and identify, from the evaluation of the 3D scan mapping, when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference offset distance of the product support structure.
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20 Claims
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1. A retail system configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising:
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a product monitoring control circuit associated with a shopping facility; and a memory coupled with the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to; obtain a three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data; obtain, based on the 3D scan mapping, multiple product depth distances defined between a reference proximate an edge of a product support structure and each of multiple items of a first product positioned on the product support structure; and identify when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference proximate the edge of the product support structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of determining product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising:
by a control circuit of a shopping facility product monitoring system; obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data; obtaining, based on the 3D scan mapping, multiple product depth distances defined between a reference proximate an edge of a product support structure and each of multiple items of a first product positioned on the product support structure; and identifying when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the edge of the product support structure. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A shopping facility product monitoring system, comprising:
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a plurality of motorized transport units each configured to temporarily and removable couple with a three-dimensional (3D) scanner; a product monitoring control circuit associated with a shopping facility; a memory coupled with the product monitoring control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to; communicate one or more movement commands to a first motorized transport unit of the plurality of motorized transport units coupled with the 3D scanner to cause physical movement of the first motorized transport unit to move the 3D scanner consistent with the one or more movement commands through at least a portion of the shopping facility and proximate a select area of a product support structure; obtain, based on 3D scan mapping captured by the 3D scanner, multiple product depth to each of one or more items of a first product positioned on the product support structure and relative to an edge of the product support structure; and identify when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference proximate the edge of the product support structure. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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