SERVER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION OF CUSTOMER BY THE SAME
First Claim
1. A server which communicates with a sales processing apparatus, comprising:
- a storage section configured to store a behavior pattern, which characteristically represents a behavior of a customer who visits a store in the store by an attribute of the customer, for each attribute;
a measurement module configured to measure the behavior of the customer in the store based on an image of the customer captured by a camera arranged in the store;
a reception module configure to receive an inquiry of the attribute of the customer from the sales processing apparatus which executes a transaction processing on a sales object sold to the customer in the store; and
an attribute determination module configure to determine the attribute of the customer by comparing the behavior of the customer measured by the measurement module with the behavior pattern stored in the storage section if the inquiry is received by the reception module.
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Abstract
A server comprises a storage section configured to store for each attribute a behavior pattern, which characteristically represents a behavior of a customer who visits a store by an attribute of the customer, a measurement module configured to measure the behavior of the customer in the store based on an image of the customer captured by a camera arranged in the store, a reception module configured to receive an inquiry of the attribute of the customer from a sales processing apparatus which executes a transaction processing on a sales object sold to a customer in the store, and an attribute determination module configured to determine, if the inquiry is received by the reception module, the attribute of the customer by comparing the behavior of the customer measured by the measurement module with the behavior pattern stored in the storage section.
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6 Claims
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1. A server which communicates with a sales processing apparatus, comprising:
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a storage section configured to store a behavior pattern, which characteristically represents a behavior of a customer who visits a store in the store by an attribute of the customer, for each attribute; a measurement module configured to measure the behavior of the customer in the store based on an image of the customer captured by a camera arranged in the store; a reception module configure to receive an inquiry of the attribute of the customer from the sales processing apparatus which executes a transaction processing on a sales object sold to the customer in the store; and an attribute determination module configure to determine the attribute of the customer by comparing the behavior of the customer measured by the measurement module with the behavior pattern stored in the storage section if the inquiry is received by the reception module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for determining an attribute of a customer who visits a store with a server, having a storage section for storing for each attribute a behavior pattern which characteristically represents by an attribute of the customer a behavior of the customer in the store, which communicates with a sales processing apparatus, including:
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measuring the behavior of the customer in the store based on a captured image of the customer; receiving an inquiry of the attribute of the customer from the sales processing apparatus which executes a transaction processing on a sales object sold to the customer in the store; and determining the attribute of the customer by comparing the measured behavior of the customer with the behavior pattern stored in the storage section if the inquiry is received.
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