Matthew Binns more than halved the number of security cameras at the Robin Hood and Glynn pubs in South Australia, by installing 18 Mobotix cameras which provide greater coverage with 360 degree viewing angles. The move was designed make the premises more secure, triggering alarms if people were "casing the joint", but new software allows the company to use the cameras to track customer movements in order to boost sales.
Binns has already maximised sales potential using data from the camera software to redesign the bottle shop layout and relocate particular products. Store owners can track the numbers and movements of customers, and a heat map displays the most popular parts of the store. More sophisticated features are in the pipeline.
Mobotix started its life building rugged cameras but quickly expanded into the high-end security market where its 3 megapixel cameras produce an image quality that claims to be 30 times better than competitors, according to managing director Asia Pacific Graham Wheeler. The company just released the Mobotix Analytics software to extract sales information from the network-enabled cameras, so store owners can use the security footage and the data to boost sales.
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