Patent ID: 8457354

Claim:
A method for analyzing a person's movement in a retail environment, comprising: capturing a first image of a first person at a first location at a first time; capturing a second image of a second person at a second location, remote from the first location, at a second time; identifying, by analyzing with at least one computing device, one or more characteristics associated with the image of the first person and the image of the second person; determining, by analyzing with the at least one computing device, whether the first person and the second person are likely to be the same individual; in response to a determination that the first person is likely to be the second person, comparing, with the at least one computing device, the elapsed time between the first time and the second time with a maximum elapsed time threshold that is indicative of a likelihood that the first person has committed or will commit a crime within the retail environment; and determining, by analyzing with the at least one computing device, how many of a plurality of locations in a retail environment the first person traveled to within a predetermined period of time include a merchandise display that is likely a target of shoplifting.