Patent ID: 11887373
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A sales management method, comprising:
acquiring, from a first camera installed in a store, a first image of a target location at which a merchandise display is located;
detecting from the first image a customer moving an item from the display at a first time and determining an extraction direction in which the customer moved the item away from the display;
acquiring, from a second camera installed in the store, a second image of the display;
detecting movement of the item from the second image at a second time and determining a movement direction of the item;
determining whether a first difference between the determined extraction and movement directions is within a first range, when a second difference between the first and second times is within a second range; and
determining the item as a first item to be purchased by the customer when the first difference is determined to be within the first range.