Cubic Product Representations for Retail Space Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current retail space management systems are inefficient due to the need for frequent switching between multiple computer programs, lengthy updating times, and limited product searches that only provide two-dimensional views, making it difficult to accurately locate products within a retail location.
Innovation Solution
A system that merges blueprint, floorplan, and item data into a central database to create three-dimensionally accurate cubic product representations, allowing for a single platform to edit and update data, providing users with a virtual retail space for product searches and layout planning, and automatically synchronizing changes across secondary systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple computer programs are used to manage retail space, then comprehensive management functionality is achieved, but operation time increases due to frequent switching between programs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate computer programs into a single integrated system that provides comprehensive retail space management functionality. The system merges layout planning, product search, inventory management, and analytics into one unified platform, eliminating the need to switch between multiple applications and significantly reducing operation time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is designed as a universal platform that performs multiple management functions simultaneously. It can handle layout design, real-time product location search, inventory tracking, and analytical reporting within a single interface, making it adaptable to various retail management needs without requiring separate specialized programs.
2Device complexity
If traditional two-dimensional product search is used, then system simplicity is maintained, but product location precision is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from traditional two-dimensional overhead views to three-dimensional virtual representations of retail spaces. By incorporating depth information and creating cubic product representations, the system provides precise product location data including exact shelf, aisle, and position information, while maintaining an intuitive visual interface that is not significantly more complex than traditional systems.
3Measurement precision
If detailed product location data is provided, then product search accuracy is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates virtual copies of the physical retail environment, including three-dimensional models of store layouts, shelves, and product placements. These digital twins allow for complex data processing to occur in the virtual space without affecting the physical system, enabling high-precision product location tracking while keeping the actual data processing infrastructure manageable through standardized virtual representations.
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AI summary
In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein useful to manage a retail space. In some embodiments, cubic product representations within the retail location are provided herein which represent the actual space and location of products within the store. Data for the retail space, such as blueprint, floorplan, and item modular data, can be merged and transformed into a central database to create the cubic product representations. Further, the cubic product representations within the retail location can be provided to users through a user interface, such as a web viewer.