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US 11,756,085 · App. 16/728,232 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Integrated system of physical consumption environment and network consumption environment and control method thereof

Inventors: Chih-Chia Chang (Zhubei, TW); Yu-Hsin Lin (Toufen, TW); Hsin-Yi Chen (Taichung, TW); Sen-Yih Chou (Hsinchu, TW); Yu-Ying Lan (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
G06Q30/0283G06K7/1413G06Q30/0238G06Q30/0281G06V40/10
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Patent No.
US 11,756,085
App. No.
16/728,232
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated system of a physical consumption environment and a network consumption environment and a control method thereof are provided. The control method of the integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment includes the following steps. A biological characteristic image of a consumer in the physical consumer environment is obtained. The biological characteristic image is identified to obtain an identity information from an identity database. An activity of the consumer in the physical consumption environment is detected. A product followed by the consumer and/or a physical behavior information are obtained according to the activity of the consumer in the physical consumption environment. A network behavior information of the consumer in the network consumer environment is obtained according to the identity information. A price of the product is dynamically adjusted according to the physical behavior information and the network behavior information.

Claims (33)

1. A control method of an integrated system of a physical consumption environment and a network consumption environment, comprising:

obtaining a biological characteristic image of a consumer in the physical consumption environment with an image capture device;

identifying the biological characteristic image to obtain an identity information from an identity database;

detecting an activity of the consumer in the physical consumption environment by tracking a sight of the consumer or a location of the consumer in the physical consumption environment with the image capture device, wherein the image capture device identifies an attention or emotion of the consumer towards a product;

obtaining the product in the physical consumption environment followed by the consumer by estimating a destination of the sight of the consumer or by analyzing the tracked location of the consumer;

obtaining a physical behavior information of the consumer according to the activity of the consumer in the physical consumption environment, including obtaining whether the consumer is following the product according to the tracked sight of the consumer, or obtaining which product category the consumer is following according to the tracked location of the consumer by using the image capture device;

obtaining a network behavior information of the consumer in the network consumption environment according to the identity information; and

dynamically adjusting a price of the product in the physical consumption environment for the customer according to an integration of the physical behavior information and the network behavior information, wherein the integration of the physical behavior information and the network behavior information is that the physical behavior information shows that the consumer is interested in the product in the physical consumption environment and the network behavior information shows that the consumer is interested in a product in the network consumption environment, the product in the physical consumption environment and the product in the network consumption environment are different, the physical behavior information comprises a visit frequency, a visit time, a historic consumption record at the physical consumption environment, an age of the consumer or a gender of the consumer, the network behavior information comprises a product that the consumer has ordered at the network consumption environment, a webpage that the consumer has browsed, a key word that the consumer has searched, or a historic consumption record at the network consumption environment.

2. The control method of the integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 1 , wherein the price is displayed on an electronic label in the physical consumption environment or a mobile device of the consumer.

3. The control method of the integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of dynamically adjusting the price of the product, a checkout barcode corresponding to the price, which is dynamically adjusted, is generated.

4. The control method of the integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of detecting the activity of the consumer in the physical consumption environment, a sight or a location of the consumer is tracked.

5. The control method of the integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 1 , wherein the price, which is dynamically adjusted, is kept for a predetermined time.

6. The control method of the integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

providing a promotional combination according to the physical behavior information and the network behavior information.

7. An integrated system of a physical consumption environment and a network consumption environment, comprising:

an image capture device configured to obtain a biological characteristic image of a consumer in the physical consumption environment;

an identity database;

an identity identification unit configured to identify the biological characteristic image to obtain an identity information from the identity database;

an activity detection unit configured to detect an activity of the consumer in the physical consumption environment by tracking a sight of the consumer or a location of the consumer in the physical consumption environment with the image capture device, wherein the image capture device identifies an attention or emotion of the consumer towards a product;

a product database;

a product identification unit configured to obtain a product in the physical consumption environment followed by the consumer by estimating a destination of the sight of the consumer or by analyzing the tracked location of the consumer from the product database according to the activity of the consumer in the physical consumption environment;

a behavior analysis unit configured to obtain a physical behavior information of the consumer according to the activity of the consumer in the physical consumption environment, wherein the behavior analysis unit obtains whether the consumer is following the product according to the tracked sight of the consumer, or obtains which product category the consumer is following according to the tracked location of the consumer by using the image capture device;

a behavior database configured to provide a network behavior information of the consumer in the network consumption environment according to the identity information; and

a dynamic pricing unit configured to dynamically adjust a price of the product in the physical consumption environment for the customer according to an integration of the physical behavior information and the network behavior information, wherein the integration of the physical behavior information and the network behavior information is that the physical behavior information shows that the consumer is interested in the product in the physical consumption environment and the network behavior information shows that the consumer is interested in a product in the network consumption environment, the product in the physical consumption environment and the product in the network consumption environment are different, the physical behavior information comprises a visit frequency, a visit time, a historic consumption record at the physical consumption environment, an age of the consumer or a gender of the consumer, the network behavior information comprises a product that the consumer has ordered at the network consumption environment, a webpage that the consumer has browsed, a key word that the consumer has searched, or a historic consumption record at the network consumption environment.

8. The integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 7 , wherein the dynamic pricing unit further generates a checkout barcode corresponding to the price, which is dynamically adjusted.

9. The integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 7 , wherein the dynamic pricing unit displays the price on an electronic label in the physical consumption environment or a mobile device of the consumer.

10. The integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 7 , wherein the activity detection unit tracks a sight or a location of the consumer.

11. The integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 7 , wherein the dynamic pricing unit keeps the price, which is dynamically adjusted, for a predetermined time.

12. The integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 7 , wherein the dynamic pricing unit further provides a promotional combination according to the physical behavior information and the network behavior information.

13. The integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 7 , wherein the product database is disposed in a remote-end computing device.

14. The integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 7 , wherein the product database is disposed in a near-end computing device.

15. The integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 7 , wherein the behavior analysis unit is disposed in a remote-end computing device.

16. The integrated system of the physical consumption environment and the network consumption environment according to claim 7 , wherein the behavior analysis unit is disposed in a near-end computing device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2020
From: CHANG, CHIH-CHIA; LIN, YU-HSIN; CHEN, HSIN-YI; CHOU, SEN-YIH; LAN, YU-YING
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 051404/0438 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 108130840 · Aug 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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