Image display device, image display system, image display method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10813477-B2
Application number	US-201716085638-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2017
Priority date	Mar 22, 2016
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

An image display device includes an approach situation information acquirer that acquires approach situation information indicating approach of at least part of a customer's body to a shelf on which a plurality of items are displayed and indicating, when there is the approach, a position of the approach on the shelf at each time; an associator that associates the approach situation information with one item of the plurality of items according to the position indicated by the approach situation information; an index value calculator that calculates an index value relating to the customer's behavior on the basis of information indicating the item associated with the approach situation information; and a display unit that displays the index value calculated by the index value calculator together with an image of the item on the basis of the association made by the associator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image display device comprising:
an approach situation information acquirer configured to acquire approach situation information indicating approach of at least part of a customer's body to a shelf on which a plurality of items are displayed and indicating, when there is the approach, a position of the approach on the shelf at each time;
an associator configured to associate the approach situation information with one item of the plurality of items according to the position indicated by the approach situation information;
an index value calculator configured to calculate an index value relating to the customer's behavior on a basis of information indicating the one item associated with the approach situation information; and
a display unit configured to display the index value calculated by the index value calculator together with an image of the item on the basis of an association made by the associator.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
An item designation receiver configured to receive designation of a designated item of the plurality of items,
wherein the index value calculator is further configured to calculate the index value indicating a correlation between behaviors that one customer has performed for the designated item and an item of the plurality of items other than the designated item.

3. An image display system comprising:
a shelf-front behavior measurement sensor configured to detect approach of at least part of a customer's body to a shelf on which a plurality of items are displayed and to generate sensing data indicating a position on the shelf at which the approach has been detected;
an approach situation information acquirer configured to generate, on the basis of the sensing data, approach situation information indicating whether or not there is the approach and indicating, when there is the approach, the position on the shelf at each time;
an associator configured to associate the approach situation information with one item of the plurality of items according to the position indicated by the approach situation information;
an index value calculator configured to calculate an index value relating to the customer's behavior on a basis of information indicating the one item associated with the approach situation information; and
a display unit configured to display the index value calculated by the index value calculator together with an image of the item on the basis of an association made by the associator.

4. An image display method comprising:
an approach situation information acquisition step to acquire approach situation information indicating approach of at least part of a customer's body to a shelf on which a plurality of items are displayed and indicating, when there is the approach, a position of the approach on the shelf at each time;
an association step to associate the approach situation information with one item of the plurality of items according to the position indicated by the approach situation information;
an index value calculation step to calculate an index value relating to the customer's behavior on a basis of information indicating the one item associated with the approach situation information; and
a display step to display the index value calculated in the index value calculation step together with an image of the item on the basis of an association made by the association step.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Kobayashi Jun
• Saito Shigetsu

Classifications

• G06Q30/02 Primary

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• G06V40/103

  Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition · CPC title

• G06V20/52

  Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) · CPC title

• G09G2354/00

  Aspects of interface with display user · CPC title

• A47F3/00

  Show cases or show cabinets · CPC title