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APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING PRODUCT PLACEMENT WITHIN A SHOPPING FACILITY

  • US 20160260054A1
  • Filed: 03/04/2016
  • Published: 09/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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