Project “SMART BOX RETAIL - Research, testing, and industrialization of smart solutions for sensitive spaces in new retail scenarios, toward smart spaces for showrooming” - Funded by the Marche Region Marche ID 17242)

The project, submitted as part of the call for proposals titled “Promotion of Research and Development in the Fields of Smart Specialization,” aimed to develop a new model for analyzing consumer behavior based on home automation systems with advanced automated analysis capabilities powered by deep learning, and to commercialize the research findings of Smartbox—a research project funded by Marche Region Marche led to the development of promising prototypes in the retail sector— with the aim of creating and bringing to market the first complete suite of analysis and security tools for commercial spaces with advanced capabilities for measuring human-to-human (HHI) and human-to-space (HSI) interactions, while continuing to expand into the international market. In particular, access control systems, human behavior analysis systems, and merchandise and space security systems have been developed, all integrated into an innovative deep learning layer and designed for the management and analysis of showrooms and the online-offline evolution of the retail world. The project’s results led to the creation of a working prototype in a retail environment capable of identifying and analyzing customer movements within the retail space, real-time inventory status, and dangerous situations caused by the presence of weapons and blunt objects.