Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090003653 | Trajectory processing apparatus and method - A trajectory processing apparatus comprises a trajectory database configured to store a position coordinate of a movable body detected from a camera image in association with data that specifies the camera image from which the movable body is detected, and a camera image database configured to store the camera image. A control section fetches the position coordinate of the movable body and the specifying data for the camera image from which the movable body is detected from the trajectory database. Further, the position coordinate of the movable body fetched from the trajectory database is displayed in a display section as a trajectory of the movable body. Furthermore, the control section acquires from the camera image database the camera image specified by the specifying data fetched from the trajectory database. Moreover, this camera image is displayed in the display section. | 01-01-2009 |
20090164284 | CUSTOMER SHOPPING PATTERN ANALYSIS APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A customer shopping pattern analysis apparatus includes a correlating information storage section, and a sub-area information storage section. Upon receiving specifications of a particular sub-area as analysis conditions, flow line data of customers who passed through the particular sub-area are extracted based on information specifying the particular sub-area in the sub-area information storage section and based on the flow line data of each of the customers. In addition, transaction data correlated with the flow line data extracted is specified with reference to data in the correlating information storage section. Then, information about correlations between the flow line data extracted and the transaction data is created. From the thus created information, the apparatus analyzes the shopping patterns of the customers in the shop. | 06-25-2009 |
20090192882 | CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR MONITORING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A flow line storage stores flow line data of each customer obtained by tracking a behavior of each customer in a store, by adding time data on an estimated time of payment made by each customer. A transaction data storage stores transaction data for each customer including records of items purchased by each customer, by adding time data on an estimated time of payment made by each customer. A combination unit determines a combination in which a difference between time data is minimum, for each piece of flow line data stored in the flow line storage and each piece of transaction data stored in the transaction data storage. A correlating unit correlates the flow line data and transaction data combined by the combination unit. | 07-30-2009 |
20090195388 | FLOW LINE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A flow line recognition system comprises a first information recording unit which records a position of a mobile object in a monitoring area together with a time, a second information recording unit which records a position of the mobile object in a specified area together with a time, and a flow line information generation unit which generates flow line information of the mobile object on the basis of the monitoring area mobile object information and the specified area mobile object information. | 08-06-2009 |
20090257624 | FLOW LINE ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A control section edits a complete flow line as an entire trajectory in a sales area for each customer, based on data for a flow line generated from a camera image obtained by shooting the sales area. The complete flow line is reproduced as trajectories of customers by a display section. The control section accepts input of information on transaction settlements by the customers. When the information is input through an input section, it is added to the complete flow line data of the customers being reproduced and is stored into a complete flow line database. The control section matches the complete flow line data stored in the complete flow line database with transaction data specified by the information on the transaction settlements added to the complete flow line data. | 10-15-2009 |
20090268028 | FLOW LINE TRACING SYSTEM AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SUPPORTING FLOW LINE TRACING SYSTEM - A flow line creation section generates flow line data indicative of a trajectory of a customer moving in a monitored area. The generated flow line data is stored in a flow line database. A customer extraction section extracts image data including the customer's face image from a video captured by a camera. The extracted image data is stored in a customer image database. A matching section matches the flow line data stored in the flow line database individually with the image data including the customer's face image corresponding to the flow line data, out of the image data stored in the customer image database. Data indicative of a correlation between the matched flow line data and image data is stored in a matching list database. | 10-29-2009 |
20090319340 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING PERSONAL BEHAVIOR - The invention provides a personal behavior analysis apparatus capable of statistically analyzing a personal behavior. To analyze personal behaviors, a population data file is provided that stores flow-line data for individual persons as a population acquired by tracking the behaviors of persons within a monitored area. After input of a condition for narrowing down the flow-line data as analysis objects is accepted via a condition input section, the population data file is searched based on the condition and flow-line data meeting the condition is acquired. The acquired flow-line data is stored in a subpopulation data file as a subpopulation. A control section of the apparatus calculates statistics values related to personal behavior analysis using the flow-line data stored in the subpopulation data file and displays them on a display section. | 12-24-2009 |
20110007152 | FLOW LINE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, the flow line recognition system includes a first device, a first recording unit, a second device, a second recording unit and a generation unit. The first device detects a position of a moving object in a monitoring area by laser scanning. The second device detects a position of the moving object in a specific area, which is a part of the monitoring area, more accurately than the first device. The generation unit generates flow line information indicative of a path of the moving object moving in the monitoring area, based on the moving object information for the monitoring area recorded in the first recording unit, and the moving object information for the specific area recorded in the second recording unit. | 01-13-2011 |
20110200226 | CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR COLLECTION METHOD AND CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR COLLECTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a computer selects trajectory data on a person positioned in an image monitoring area from trajectory data on relevant persons. The computer selects a selling space image data obtained when the person corresponding to the trajectory data is positioned in the image monitoring area. The computer analyzes the selling space image data to extract a person image. The computer checks the person image extracted from the selling space image data against image data on each customer to search for customer image data obtained by taking an image of the person in the person image. The computer stores, upon detecting the customer image data obtained by taking an image of the person in the person image, identification information on transaction data stored in association with the customer image data, in association with identification information on the trajectory data. | 08-18-2011 |
20120147144 | TRAJECTORY PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A trajectory processing apparatus comprises a trajectory database configured to store a position coordinate of a movable body detected from a camera image in association with data that specifies the camera image from which the movable body is detected, and a camera image database configured to store the camera image. A control section fetches the position coordinate of the movable body and the specifying data for the camera image from which the movable body is detected from the trajectory database. Further, the position coordinate of the movable body fetched from the trajectory database is displayed in a display section as a trajectory of the movable body. Furthermore, the control section acquires from the camera image database the camera image specified by the specifying data fetched from the trajectory database. Moreover, this camera image is displayed in the display section. | 06-14-2012 |
20140063521 | SERVER SYSTEM OF A PRINTING SYSTEM - A server system of a printing system includes a storage section, a control section and an interface section. The storage section is configured to store a plurality of theme data each including screen display data and data defining the action of an object to be displayed on the screen. The control section is configured to create data for displaying according to the theme data selected from the plurality of theme data stored in the storage section, and switch the data for displaying from existing data to the created data. The interface section is configured to output the data for displaying as switched by the control section. | 03-06-2014 |
20140063540 | SERVER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A server apparatus includes a storage section configured to store information related to a selection screen for selecting a printed object, a changing section configured to change the information related to the selection screen stored in the storage section and an interface configured to accept a change instruction for the changing section. The server apparatus is capable of communicating with an operation/display section through the interface, and the change instruction can be generated by operating the operation/display section. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067093 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A management apparatus according to embodiments is configured to manage a processing apparatus having an operation display. The management apparatus includes a request acquisition unit configured to receive a request for screen information used to generate an operation display, from the processing apparatus, a function acquisition unit configured to acquire from the processing apparatus function information indicating one or more functions supported by the processing apparatus, a generating unit configured to generate, based on the function information, the screen information such that a function not supported by the processing apparatus cannot be selected on the operation display, and a provision unit configured to provide the screen information generated by the generating unit to the processing apparatus. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068454 | PRINTING SYSTEM INCLUDING A SERVER THAT GENERATES USER INTERFACES FOR A CONTROL PANEL OF THE PRINTING SYSTEM - A user interface including one or more components is created to be displayed on an operation display of a device. The method for creating the user interface includes acquiring layout information indicating a layout of the user interface in which one or more components are arranged, controlling a setting display to display information indicating the layout and a setting panel on which each of the components can be selected from a list of one or more components available for the layout and a function to be associated with each of the selected components can be selected, recognizing the component and the function that are selected on the setting panel, acquiring component information associated with the recognized component, and creating the user interface based on the acquired layout information, the recognized function, and the acquired component information. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074636 | SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL DEVICE - A method for communicating between a service terminal device and one or more user devices includes receiving from a user device a selection signal to select a content from contents of the service terminal device according to a first wireless communication standard, and transmitting the selected content from the service terminal device to the user device according to a second wireless communication standard when the user device is placed in close proximity to the service terminal device. | 03-13-2014 |
20140093856 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH ADVISORY INFORMATION - According to embodiments, a method for providing a user with information includes storing one or more pieces of advisory information and identification information of each of the advisory information, recognizing a request for advisory information from the user, forming, on a sheet, the advisory information requested by the user, an image corresponding to the identification information of the requested advisory information, and an input region in which feedback from the user can be provided, scanning the image formed on the sheet and the input region in which the user has provided the feedback, and storing the feedback in association with the corresponding advisory information. | 04-03-2014 |
20140235160 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - An information distribution device includes a display unit, a reception unit, and a distribution unit. The display unit displays information of distributable full content. The reception unit receives a trial request for the distributable full content from the portable terminal. The distribution unit distributes, as trial content which is viewable within a limited physical range, the distributable full content for which the trial request is received, to the portable terminal. | 08-21-2014 |
20140237074 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD - An information distribution device includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a control unit. The first communication unit transmits trial content to a terminal device by wireless communication. The second communication unit transmits full content to the terminal device in a communication range that is shorter than a communication range of the first communication unit. The control unit concurrently performs a process of transmitting the trial content using the first communication unit and a process of transmitting the full content using the second communication unit. | 08-21-2014 |
20140237084 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - An information distribution device includes a distribution unit, a storage unit, and a display unit. The distribution unit distributes trial content to a portable terminal. The storage unit stores history information of the trial content being distributed by the distribution unit. The display unit displays, as user selectable content, content selected based on the history information of the trial content being distributed, which is stored in the storage unit. | 08-21-2014 |