WITHHOLDING ALERTS DUE TO TEMPORARY SHELF OCCLUSION

• Main Authors: Adato, Yair, Mhabary, Ziv, Michael, Yotam, Devir, Yohai
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.07.2019
• Subjects: ALARM SYSTEMS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

A system for processing images to automatically identify occlusions in a field of view of one or more cameras in retail stores is provided. The system may comprise at least one processor configured to receive one or more images from an environment of a retail store, detect in the one or more images a first occlusion event, analyze the plurality of images to determine an indicator of a first level of urgency for resolving the first occlusion event, cause issuance of a user-notification associated with the first occlusion event, detect in the one or more images a second occlusion event, analyze the plurality of images to determine an indicator of a second level of urgency for resolving the second occlusion event, and when the second urgency level is lower than the first urgency level, withhold issuance of a user-notification associated with the second occlusion event.