UPDATING ONLINE STORE INVENTORY BASED ON PHYSICAL STORE INVENTORY

• Main Authors: Grubshtein, Alon, Hemed, Nir, Gottlieb, David M, Adato, Yair, Michael, Yotam
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.07.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

The present disclosure relates to systems and for identifying products and tracking inventory in a retail store based on analysis of image data. In one implementation, the system may include processor configured to receive image data from a plurality of image sensors mounted in a retail store; analyze the image data to estimate a current inventory of at least one product type in the retail store; receive product supply information associated with the at least one product type in the retail store; determine that an online order from a virtual store made during a first time period will be fulfilled by an employee of the retail store during a second time period; and determine, based on the current inventory estimated by analyzing the image data and the product supply information, a predicted inventory of the at least one product type during the second time period.