The need

There are major losses for many retailers (up to 6% of turnover per year) due to LOST GOODS.

• Emergency exits can be used to carry out stolen merchandise

• Response to alarms from goods protection antennas at the cash registers is slow

• The cashier can pass the goods without scanning them

Solution

Using existing video surveillance cameras, a layer of security improvements is added with following functionality:

• Monitoring of restricted areas (emergency exits are  often used by thieves, blocking of these exits is prohibited by safety regulations)

• Alert based PTZ control (guards attention is immediately directed  towards alert together with camera refocus)

• Loss protection by integrating video and POS goods feed (identification of suspicious actions and tracking)

• Loss protection by automated identification  of potential theft (in progress)

• Item recognition and mapping at checkout (in progress)

Results

Reduction in lost goods by up to 3% - immediate effect.

• Faster response to theft attempts

• Less options to exit the store for thieves

• Lowered rate of cashier fraud