Patent Document ID: 9542627
Application ID: 14215954
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer method for determining an economic performance of a retail store comprising the steps of: capturing by a recording device one or more visual recordings of a geographic location; sending by the recording device to a processor the one or more visual recordings; generating by the processor one or more representations from the one or more visual recordings; refining by the processor the one or more representations based on one or more criteria; extracting by the processor content for evaluation from the one or more refined representations; evaluating by the processor the content to obtain a result, wherein the evaluating step further comprises the steps of: counting by the processor a number of cars in a parking lot; counting by the processor a number of empty parking spaces; and dividing by the processor the number of cars by the number of empty parking spaces to determine a fill rate; and displaying the result on a display, wherein the result is the economic performance of the retail store.