APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING PRODUCT PLACEMENT WITHIN A SHOPPING FACILITY
First Claim
1. 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 and associated with a shopping facility;
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 obtained by a 3D scanner as the 3D scanner is moved within the shopping facility;
evaluate the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances between a reference offset distance proximate an edge of a product support structure and each of multiple items of a first product positioned on and spaced across the select area of the product support structure; 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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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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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising:
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a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive communications; a product monitoring control circuit coupled with the transceiver and associated with a shopping facility; 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 obtained by a 3D scanner as the 3D scanner is moved within the shopping facility; evaluate the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances between a reference offset distance proximate an edge of a product support structure and each of multiple items of a first product positioned on and spaced across the select area of the product support structure; 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. - 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 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 obtained by a 3D scanner as the 3D scanner is moved within the shopping facility; evaluating the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances between a reference offset distance proximate an edge of a product support structure and each of multiple items of a first product positioned on and spaced across the select area of the product support structure; and identifying, 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 edge of the product support structure. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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