APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING PRODUCT PLACEMENT WITHIN A SHOPPING FACILITY

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...

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Hauptverfasser:	High, Donald R, Chakrobartty, Shuvro, Taylor, Robert C
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACOUSTICS ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES CALCULATING CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER CLEANING BEACHES CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS COFFEE MILLS COMPUTING CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER CONVEYING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES DISPERSING DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS FOG IN GENERAL FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS FURNITURE GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE GENERATION GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS, PERAMBULATORS HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL HAULING HOISTING HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCEDIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD HUMAN NECESSITIES IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS LIFTING LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES MEASURING MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NAVIGATION PACKING PAYING COUNTERS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY PHYSICS PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION POSTAL SORTING RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION REGULATING SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS SIGNALLING SLEDGES SORTING SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTEDPIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS,STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING SPEECH RECOGNITION SPICE MILLS STORING STREET CLEANING SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL SURVEYING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TESTING TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION TRANSPORTING VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TOCARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS VEHICLES IN GENERAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Zusammenfassung:	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.