Applications

Retail Edge AI

Loss prevention, shelf intelligence and checkout automation

Retail edge AI runs in stores where uplink bandwidth is limited and hardware must fit existing racks, ceilings and checkout lanes.

Companies working in this category

Hanwha Vision

Computer vision company

Video surveillance manufacturer whose cameras include an on-board NPU for object detection, classification and licence plate recognition, with AI-assisted noise and bandwidth reduction.

Seongnam, South Korea

Retail Edge AI: common questions

What runs on store hardware rather than in the cloud?
Video analytics is usually processed locally so that only events and aggregates traverse the network, which reduces cost and limits the movement of imagery.