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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A store management apparatus () includes: a determination unit () that determines whether a predetermined reference is satisfied in a store; a mode switching unit () that switches, by using a determination result by the determination unit (), an operation mode of the store between an attended mode in which at least a salesclerk is permanently stationed and an unattended mode in which the salesclerk is not permanently stationed; and a setting unit () that switches a store-entry condition to the store according to the operation mode after switching when the mode switching unit () switches the operation mode, wherein the predetermined reference is absence of a customer near an entrance of the store at a reference time.