System and method for identifying a marketplace status

Abstract

A system for diagnosing an object that includes a preset of an object, a visual representation associated with one or more sub objects of at least part of the object, and a module to analyze the applicable visual representation. The visual representation is captured by a device and provides a specified status of the object. Further the analysis provides a measure of fit between the preset and the specified status of the object as captured and is carried out based on keypoint descriptors used to separate sub objects on the applicable visual representation. The device has a reproduction capturing device and data connectivity.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for generating a marketplace status report, comprising:
 a mobile device having an image sensor adapted to capture an image sequence of at least shelf space in a marketplace;   a processing unit adapted to:   perform an image processing analysis during which a visual representation of said at least shelf space is extracted from said image sequence,   automatically identify at least one storage management data related to said said at least shelf space, and   analyze said at least one identified storage management data to identify buying patterns of at least one product presented on said at least shelf space;   a presentation unit adapted to present an indication of said identified buying patterns.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said image processing analysis is performed by a GPU comprising a plurality of cores using an algorithm executed in a piece at a time on a plurality of different cores in parallel and put back together at the end, providing the outcome in real time. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said image processing analysis comprises identifying a visual similarity between said visual representation and at least one planogram. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein said at least one planogram includes precalculated keypoint descriptors, said visual similarity is identified by matching scene representation keypoint descriptors extracted from said visual representation to said precalculated keypoint descriptors of said at least one planogram, wherein said scene representation keypoint descriptors describing an area of a specific point in an image of said visual representation. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein said at least one planogram is selected according to a location based data analysis of localization data acquired by said mobile device. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein said at least one storage management data comprises new products in said of at least shelf space which do not appear in said at least one planogram. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said image sequence is captured while moving said mobile device. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one storage management data comprises an indication of a share of empty space in said of at least shelf space. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one storage management data comprises supplier payment data of each of a plurality of products in said of at least shelf space. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one storage management data comprises status of each of a plurality of products in said of at least shelf space. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one storage management data comprises a full inventory of a plurality of products in said of at least shelf space. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said image processing analysis is based on a comparison between different products in said of at least shelf space. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one storage management data comprises an indication of a presence or absence of products in positions in at least one planogram. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said processing unit performs said said image processing analysis in light of a location based analysis of localization data acquired by said mobile device. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein said localization data is selected from a group consisting of: global positioning system data, triangulation data, Global system for mobile communications (GSM) network data, Wi-Fi network data, and a radio frequency identification data. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said processing unit performs an analysis of said visual representation in light of an analysis of historical data. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said image sequence is part of video data captured using said image sensor. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said image processing analysis is performed while further image capturing is performed. 
     
     
         19 . A computerized method for generating a marketplace status report, comprising:
 capturing an image sequence of at least shelf space in a marketplace;   performing an image processing analysis during which a visual representation of said at least shelf space is extracted from said image sequence,   automatically identifying at least one storage management data related to said at least shelf space, and   analyzing said at least one identified storage management data to identify buying patterns of at least one product presented on said at least shelf space; and   presenting an indication of said identified buying patterns.   
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 19 , wherein said image processing analysis comprises identifying keypoint descriptors in images of said image sequence, said keypoint descriptors describing an area of a specific point in an image of said visual representation.