TECHNIQUES FOR USING A HEAT MAP OF A RETAIL LOCATION TO DISPERSE CROWDS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- monitoring, at a processing device, regions of a retail location;
determining, at the processing device, a crowd size for each region based on said monitoring step and indicative of an amount of people in the region when said monitoring step is executed;
generating, at the processing device, a heat map based on the crowd sizes in each region, the heat map being indicative of the amount of people in each of the regions, a color scheme of the heat map indicating a relative crowdedness of the crowd sizes; and
promoting a reduction in the crowd size in at least one of the regions.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method is disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method includes the step of monitoring, at a processing device, regions of a retail location. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of determining, at the processing device, a crowd size for each region based on the monitoring step and indicative of an amount of people in the region when the monitoring step is executed. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of generating, at the processing device, a heat map based on the crowd sizes in each region, the heat map being indicative of the amount of people in each of the regions. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of promoting a reduction in the crowd size in at least one of the regions.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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monitoring, at a processing device, regions of a retail location; determining, at the processing device, a crowd size for each region based on said monitoring step and indicative of an amount of people in the region when said monitoring step is executed; generating, at the processing device, a heat map based on the crowd sizes in each region, the heat map being indicative of the amount of people in each of the regions, a color scheme of the heat map indicating a relative crowdedness of the crowd sizes; and promoting a reduction in the crowd size in at least one of the regions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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memory storing processor-executable instructions; one or more processors that execute the processor-executable instructions; a monitoring system that monitors a plurality of regions of a retail location and determines a plurality of crowd sizes, each crowd size of the plurality of crowd sizes corresponding to one of the plurality of regions, each crowd size being indicative of an amount of people in its corresponding region at a given time; a heat map generation module that generates a heat map based on the plurality of crowd sizes, the heat map being indicative of the amount of people in each of the regions, a color scheme of the heat map indicating a relative crowdedness of the crowd sizes; and a heat map database that stores a plurality of heat maps of the retail location generated over time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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monitoring, at a processing device, regions of a retail location; determining, at the processing device, a crowd size for each region based on said monitoring step and indicative of an amount of people in the region when said monitoring step is executed; generating, at the processing device, a heat map based on the crowd sizes in each region, the heat map being indicative of the amount of people in each of the regions, a color scheme of the heat map indicating a relative crowdedness of the crowd sizes; and promoting a reduction in the crowd size in a first region by one of changing positions of products within the retail location and communicating promotions for products in a second region different than the first region. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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