US 12,133,140 B2
Store system, status determination method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
Kazuya Hirata, Tokyo (JP); and Ayumi Kurihara, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/429,713
Filed by SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/048824
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/170574, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-026942 (JP), filed on Feb. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132275 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A store system, comprising:
a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire first position information of a radio frequency identifier (RFID) medium attached to an item and second position information of a visitor terminal carried by a visitor;
an event detection unit configured to detect a first event that the RFID medium or the visitor terminal enters or leaves a predetermined area in a store space based on the acquired first position information and second position information;
an event information storage unit configured to store event information of the item including an identifier (ID) that identifies the RFID medium, information about the predetermined area based on the acquired first position information and second position information, and a detection time of the first event and event information of the visitor including an identifier (ID) that identifies the visitor terminal, information about the predetermined area based on the acquired first position information and second position information, and a detection time of the first event; and
a status determination unit configured to determine a status, which is a state of the item or is an action content of the visitor, the state of the item referring to whether i) the item was taken out, ii) the item was returned, iii) a price of a tag of the item was confirmed, or iv) the item was purchased, and the action content of the visitor referring to whether v) the visitor is passing by the item, vi) the visitor is staying in the predetermined area, vii) the visitor is taking out the item, viii) the visitor is confirming the price of the tag of the item, ix) the visitor is returning the item, or x) the visitor is trying on the item, based on an association between the event information of the item and the event information of the visitor.