Poster - WatchYouWatch A Web-Cam Based Natural Customer Attention Tracking Shelf.

In this paper, we introduced WatchYouWatch, a web-cam based smart shelf that can directly capture customer’s attention of the products on the shelf. By implicitly deploying ordinary web cameras on the rack, we could capture the gaze points of customers on the products scattered in different areas and further deduct which one is more popular. Such approach builds upon the well studied eye-tracking technology and interacts with users naturally. Based on this idea, we implemented a prototype customer attention tracking shelf, integrating web-cams, eye-tracking, and attention monitoring. A pilot study with 10 volunteers demonstrated the practicability of our proposed system.