Method and system for automatically analyzing categories in a physical space based on the visual characterization of people
First Claim
1. A method for automatically analyzing a category in a physical space based on video-based behavior analysis of a plurality of persons with regard to said category in the physical space, comprising the following steps of:
- a) capturing a plurality of input images of said plurality of persons by a plurality of means for capturing images in the area with regard to said category,wherein the means for capturing images includes at least a camera,b) processing said plurality of input images in order to process a video-based behavior analysis of each person in said plurality of persons using at least a computer that executes computer vision algorithms for said plurality of input images,wherein the computer vision algorithms include algorithms for person tracking, hand motion detection, and demographic classification,c) analyzing the category based on the accumulation of said video-based behavior analysis for said plurality of persons, andd) measuring the effect after making a change at the category level,whereby the analysis of said category facilitates an analysis of level of engagement and decision process at the category level, andwhereby said change comprises change in the quantity, price, and position of certain products in said category.
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for automatically analyzing a category in a plurality of the categories in a physical space based on the visual characterization, such as behavior analysis or segmentation, of the persons with regard to the category. The present invention captures a plurality of input images of the persons in the category by a plurality of means for capturing images. The present invention processes the plurality of input images in order to understand the shopping behavior of the persons with the sub-categories of the category and analyzes the level of engagement and decision process at the sub-category level. The processes are based on a novel usage of a plurality of computer vision technologies to analyze the visual characterization of the persons from the plurality of input images. The physical space may be a retail space, and the persons may be customers in the retail space.
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48 Claims
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1. A method for automatically analyzing a category in a physical space based on video-based behavior analysis of a plurality of persons with regard to said category in the physical space, comprising the following steps of:
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a) capturing a plurality of input images of said plurality of persons by a plurality of means for capturing images in the area with regard to said category, wherein the means for capturing images includes at least a camera, b) processing said plurality of input images in order to process a video-based behavior analysis of each person in said plurality of persons using at least a computer that executes computer vision algorithms for said plurality of input images, wherein the computer vision algorithms include algorithms for person tracking, hand motion detection, and demographic classification, c) analyzing the category based on the accumulation of said video-based behavior analysis for said plurality of persons, and d) measuring the effect after making a change at the category level, whereby the analysis of said category facilitates an analysis of level of engagement and decision process at the category level, and whereby said change comprises change in the quantity, price, and position of certain products in said category. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus for automatically analyzing a category in a physical space based on video-based behavior analysis of a plurality of persons with regard to said category in the physical space, comprising:
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a) a plurality of means for capturing images that capture a plurality of input images of said plurality of persons, wherein the plurality of means for capturing images are located in the area with regard to said category, and wherein the means for capturing images includes at least a camera, b) at least a computer that executes computer vision algorithms for said plurality of input images, wherein the computer vision algorithms include algorithms for person tracking, hand motion detection, and demographic classification, and wherein the computer performs the following steps of; processing said plurality of input images in order to process a video-based behavior analysis of each person in said plurality of persons, analyzing the category based on the accumulation of said video-based behavior analysis for said plurality of persons, and measuring the effect after making a change at the category level, whereby the analysis of said category facilitates an analysis of level of engagement and decision process at the category level, and whereby said change comprises change in the quantity, price, and position of certain products in said category. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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