- Patent Title: Methods and systems for detecting shoplifting at a retail facility
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Application No.: US15873738Application Date: 2018-01-17
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Publication No.: US10255779B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Anindya S. Dey , Omker Mahalanobish
- Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Priority: IN201741005518 20170216
- Main IPC: G08B13/24
- IPC: G08B13/24 ; H04N7/18 ; G08B13/14 ; G08B13/196 ; G08B21/02

Abstract:
In some embodiments, methods and systems of detecting and monitoring shoplifting of products by individuals at a retail facility include sensors coupled to a product and located at a fixed threshold distance relative to each other. The sensors are configured to generate an alert signal indicating that the fixed threshold distance between the first and second sensors has been altered. An alert sensor positioned in the product stocking area of the retail facility is configured to receive the alert signal from one or both of the product sensors. A central computing device at the retail facility is configured to determine the alert sensor that received the alert signal, and to activate a video camera in order to acquire a photo or video of the portion of the product stocking area of the retail facility associated with the alert sensor that received the alert signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180233012A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING SHOPLIFTING AT A RETAIL FACILITY Public/Granted day:2018-08-16
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