Patent ID: 9569786
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G01S,G06K,G06Q,G06T,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: monitoring, by a video sensor, pedestrian traffic to determine video paths for a first plurality of individuals within a first predetermined area over a first predetermined period of time and video paths for a second plurality of individuals within a second predetermined area over a second predetermined period of time, and to identify for each individual, a corresponding path, comprising a plurality of locations at a plurality of timestamps, each timestamp being associated with a corresponding location; monitoring, by at least three wireless sensors, the pedestrian traffic within the plurality of predetermined areas over the first and second predetermined periods of time to determine a wireless path of an individual, the wireless path comprising a plurality of locations corresponding to a wireless timestamp, the timestamp being associated with a time window during which the at least three wireless sensors detect movement of the individual in a specific direction; comparing the wireless path and the video paths for the first and second plurality of individuals to see if a match exists; excluding a video path matching the wireless path from a compiled set of customer path data comprising the video paths for the first and second plurality of individuals; and calculating retail analytics using the compiled set of customer path data, the retail analytics outputting data being related to the number of customers in the first and second predetermined areas during the first and second predetermined periods of time.