Management and security alert system and self-service retail store initialization system

Abstract

A management and security alert system with a first store management and anti-theft subsystem include: a merchandise status monitoring module for monitoring in real time whether any merchandise leaves a shelf in the retail store, locating the merchandise leaving the shelf, based on a live video stream captured by cameras in the retail store, and recording the merchandise leaving the shelf as the off-shelf merchandise; a Re-id human detecting and tracking module for detecting in real time whether there is a new customer entering the retail store, assigning every new customer with a unique ID number and assigning the off-shelf merchandise to the ID number of the customer who has the closest distance from the off-shelf merchandise; and an alarm generating module that sends an alert when the Re-id human detecting and tracking module detects that a customer in the retail store approaches a store exit a with unpaid merchandise.