SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING RETAIL PRODUCTS AND DETERMINING RETAIL PRODUCT ARRANGEMENTS

• US 20120323620A1
• Filed: 06/20/2012
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hi-Tech Solutions Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Hi-Tech Solutions Incorporated
• Inventors: Hofman, Yoram, Rotenberg, Meta
• Granted Patent: US 9,785,898 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

Systems and methods for determining product arrangement are provided. The method includes: receiving one or more images, the one or more images reflecting a retail arrangement of at least one product, processing, with a processor executing code, the one or more images to: (a) identify the at least one product, and (b) determine the retail arrangement of the at least one product, computing, based on (a) an identification of the at least one product and (b) a determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product, one or more performance indicators, the one or more performance indicators reflecting compliance with one or more retail arrangement guidelines established with respect to the at least one product, and providing feedback based on the one or more performance indicators. Other embodiments of the various aspects include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for determining product arrangement, the method comprising:

receiving one or more images, the one or more images reflecting a retail arrangement of at least one product;

processing, with a processor executing code, the one or more images to;

(a) identify the at least one product, and

(b) determine the retail arrangement of the at least one product;

computing, based on (a) an identification of the at least one product and (b) a determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product, one or more performance indicators, the one or more performance indicators reflecting compliance with one or more retail arrangement guidelines established with respect to the at least one product; and

providing feedback based on the one or more performance indicators.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more performance indicators comprises a portion of a retail display occupied by the at least one product, and wherein computing one or more performance indicators comprises determining, based on (a) the identification of the at least one product and (b) the determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product, the portion of a retail display occupied by the at least one product.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more performance indicators comprises a portion of a retail display occupied by the at least one product in relation to one or more other products, and wherein computing one or more performance indicators comprises determining, based on (a) the identification of the at least one product and (b) the determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product, the portion of a retail display occupied by the at least one product in relation to the one or more other products.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more performance indicators comprises a stock ratio of the at least one product, and wherein computing one or more performance indicators comprises determining, based on (a) the identification of the at least one product and (b) the determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product, the stock ratio of the at least one product.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the stock ratio comprises a ratio of areas of a retail display occupied by the at least one product to unoccupied areas of the retail display.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the retail display comprises a retail display designated for the at least one product.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more retail arrangement guidelines comprises a planogram, and wherein the one or more performance indicators comprises compliance with the planogram based on (a) the identification of the at least one product and (b) the determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the one or more images comprises processing the one or more images using optical recognition to identify the one or more products.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the one or more images comprises processing the one or more images with one or more product templates to identify the one or more products.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification of the at least one product comprises an identification of at least one of:

(a) a brand name of the at least one product,

(b) a product name of the at least one product,

(c) one or more stock keeping units (SKUs) of the at least one product, and

(d) one or more supplemental materials.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an authenticity of the at least one product.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein computing one or more performance indicators further comprises computing the one or more performance indicators based on the authenticity of the at least one product.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an integrity of the one or more images.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein computing one or more performance indicators further comprises computing the one or more performance indicators based on the integrity of the one or more images.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating one or more promotions in response to receipt of the one or more images.

16. A system comprising:

one or more processors configured to interact with a computer-readable medium in order to perform operations comprising;

receiving one or more images, the one or more images reflecting a retail arrangement of at least one product;

processing the one or more images to;

(a) identify the at least one product, and

(b) determine the retail arrangement of the at least one product;

computing, based on (a) an identification of the at least one product and (b) a determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product, one or more performance indicators, the one or more performance indicators reflecting compliance with one or more retail arrangement guidelines established with respect to the at least one product; and

providing feedback based on the one or more performance indicators.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein at least one of the one or more performance indicators comprises a portion of a retail display occupied by the at least one product, and wherein computing one or more performance indicators comprises determining, based on (a) the identification of the at least one product and (b) the determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product, the portion of a retail display occupied by the at least one product.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein at least one of the one or more performance indicators comprises a portion of a retail display occupied by the at least one product in relation to one or more other products, and wherein computing one or more performance indicators comprises determining, based on (a) the identification of the at least one product and (b) the determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product, the portion of a retail display occupied by the at least one product in relation to the one or more other products.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein at least one of the one or more performance indicators comprises a stock ratio of the at least one product, and wherein computing one or more performance indicators comprises determining, based on (a) the identification of the at least one product and (b) the determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product, the stock ratio of the at least one product.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the stock ratio comprises a ratio of areas of a retail display occupied by the at least one product to unoccupied areas of the retail display.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the retail display comprises a retail display designated for the at least one product.

22. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more retail arrangement guidelines comprises a planogram, and wherein the one or more performance indicators comprises compliance with the planogram based on (a) the identification of the at least one product and (b) the determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product.

23. The system of claim 16, wherein processing the one or more images comprises processing the one or more images using optical recognition to identify the one or more products.

24. The system of claim 16, wherein processing the one or more images comprises processing the one or more images with one or more product templates to identify the one or more products.

25. The system of claim 16, wherein the identification of the at least one product comprises an identification of at least one of:

(e) a brand name of the at least one product,

(f) a product name of the at least one product,

(g) one or more stock keeping units (SKUs) of the at least one product, and

(h) one or more supplemental materials.

26. The system of claim 16, further configured to perform operations comprising determining an authenticity of the at least one product.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein computing one or more performance indicators further comprises computing the one or more performance indicators based on the authenticity of the at least one product.

28. The system of claim 16, further configured to perform operations comprising determining an integrity of the one or more images.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein computing one or more performance indicators further comprises computing the one or more performance indicators based on the integrity of the one or more images.

30. The system of claim 16, further configured to perform operations comprising generating one or more promotions in response to receipt of the one or more images.

31. A computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by a data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving one or more images, the one or more images reflecting a retail arrangement of at least one product;

processing the one or more images to;

(a) identify the at least one product, and

(b) determine the retail arrangement of the at least one product;

computing, based on (a) an identification of the at least one product and (b) a determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product, one or more performance indicators, the one or more performance indicators reflecting compliance with one or more retail arrangement guidelines established with respect to the at least one product; and

providing feedback based on the one or more performance indicators;

wherein at least one of the one or more performance indicators comprises a portion of a retail display occupied by the at least one product, and wherein computing one or more performance indicators comprises determining, based on (a) the identification of the at least one product and (b) the determination of a retail arrangement of the at least one product, the portion of a retail display occupied by the at least one product.