Iron Wholesale, Retail Trade, Commerce and E-Commerce Design · 2022
Camera Vista Inventory Tracker
- A' Design Award 2022 Iron Winner in Wholesale, Retail Trade, Commerce and E-Commerce Design
- Awarded April 15, 2022
- CLIENT: Coolr Group
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 69,722
- Verification code 6AE025FE3B · Verify this award
About Camera Vista Inventory Tracker
Camera Vista is a compact camera device made for shelf or fridge mounting in supermarkets. Camera Vista detects out of stock items, planogram non-compliance, foreign products and pricing errors, so the performance of coolers and shelves can be tracked in real time. The housing is injection moulded ABS in seven connected parts and measures 170 by 32 by 50 millimetres. Two cameras can be angled during assembly to suit different distances and mountings. One adaptable model replaces several designs, which lowers moulding and stock costs.
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- Unique Properties
- The Camera Vista is intended for shelf or fridge mounting in supermarkets. It detects out of stock, planogram non-compliance, foreign product contamination and pricing inaccuracies that allows to keep track of how efficiently coolers and shelves are performing. It also provides data to see what changes need to be made in real-time and helps client profiling.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 170 x 32 x 50 mm
The Camera Vista comes in a recyclable cardboard package. - Tags
- Camera, Supermarket, Security Camera, Fridge Camera
- Production Technology
- Injection moulded ABS in 7 interconnected pieces, 2 AA batteries, PCB, 2 cameras.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge for this mini camera has been to fit the Pcb and the 2 cameras in the smallest casing. The product turned out to be only 3 cm tall, so it can be mounted upside down also in chest freezers with sliding panels.
When we started to design for Coolr Group they had different designs for different clients and mountings. This all-in-one product has an interior set of adjustable gears to rotate the camera angle. During assembly the product can be adjusted to suit different positioning. This saves production and stock costs. - Project Duration
- The project took 6 months from brief to distribution. Coolr Group is a company based in Virginia. The design was developed in Italy, the Pcb Design in India, is produced and assembled in China and distributed worldwide.
- Operation Flow
- The two cameras contained in the device can be positioned during assembly in order to have different angles of vision to suit different distances and mountings. After that, the device requires no user intervention after installation apart from changing the two AA batteries. This Camera Vista is revolutionary in its market due to its adaptability to different environments. For the company, this means a reduction in moulding and in stock costs.
- Research
- The project has been entirely developed in Onshape, a cloud based CAD modeller that we use for communication as well. A minimum amount of emails and messages outside the platform has been used in order to connect three different continents in this quick development.
- Inspiration
- On account of its resemblance to a Stromtroopers helmet, we have nicknamed this device: Star wars.