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Photos: Retailers take stock with video tech
Camera recognition system tackles empty shelves...

By Nick Heath

Published: Thursday 31 January 2008

Gaps on shop shelves can cost large retailers more than $4bn-a-year. But goods being out of stock on shelves could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new high-tech camera.

Accenture's Visual Shelf Monitoring system, shown here, uses a camera connected to an object recognition system to rapidly spot missing products and get new stock out.

Photo credit: Accenture