Intelligent Shelf Management via RFID and Deep Learning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current retail store systems face challenges in efficiently providing consumers with real-time product information and location, especially when product positions change or prices are updated, leading to consumer dissatisfaction and increased operational costs.
Innovation Solution
An intelligent shelf management system that integrates an operating and display device, an information module, a content management system, and a point-of-sale system, utilizing deep learning and camera recognition to match consumer demands with product information and update sales information in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If service staff manually track product positions and prices, then consumer service is provided, but the system cannot update information in real-time and operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service through autonomous RFID tags that automatically track and update product information (position, price, stock) without manual intervention. The tags autonomously communicate with the central system, eliminating the need for service staff to manually track products while maintaining real-time information accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual tracking system with an electronic RFID-based automated system. RFID tags electronically store and transmit product information, substituting the manual mechanical process of staff tracking and updating physical price tags with an electronic automated information management system.
2Ease of operation
If more service staff are deployed to help consumers find products, then consumer service quality improves, but operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system empowers consumers to independently locate products through the consumer terminal device that receives and displays location information from RFID tags. Consumers can autonomously navigate to products without requiring service staff assistance, eliminating the need to increase staff numbers while maintaining ease of product location.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a consumer terminal device as an intermediary between the RFID tracking system and the consumer. This intermediary device processes and presents location information to consumers in an user-friendly manner, replacing the need for human service staff as intermediaries.
3Speed
If manual price tag updates are used, then price changes can be communicated, but real-time price corrections cannot be made during promotions
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual price tag updates with electronic RFID tags that store and transmit price information. The central system can remotely and instantaneously update price data in the RFID tags during promotions, achieving real-time price corrections without the delays inherent in manual physical tag changes.
Solution Approach 2:
The RFID system enables continuous real-time price information updates without interruption to store operations. Unlike manual updates that require staff intervention and cause delays, the automated RFID system continuously maintains accurate price information, ensuring no loss of price information accuracy during dynamic promotions.
Data Source
AI summary
An intelligent shelf management system and operating method are revealed. The system includes an operating and display device by which users input their demands of goods; an information module electrically connected to the operating and display device and comprising a database of goods and an analysis module which receives and analyzes the demands of goods input and finds out product information matched after comparison with information in the database; a content management system electrically connected to the information module and receiving the product information from the analysis module; and a point-of-sale system having a plurality pieces of related sales information and electrically connected to the content management system or the information module. The content management system compares the product information with the plurality pieces of related sales information to collect and send the related sales information matched to the operating and display device.