NCR Corporation
ITEM INVENTORY MANAGEMENT VIA WIRELESS SIGNALS

Abstract:

Reflected wireless signals from a wireless transceiver are analyzed for perturbations in known wireless signal patterns associated with different levels of stocking capacity for a given shelf/display having a given item type of items stored thereon. The perturbations are compared against known perturbations for the patterns and a decision is made as to whether a real-time notification is to be sent indicating that additional ones of the items require restocking on the given shelf/display.