How do today’s video counting systems work?

Video counting systems are the most accurate way to count people and measure footfall.

In video people counting, standard cameras look down on a counting zone.

The cameras are connected to ai-trained counting software. This pin-point people in the picture, and increases the count every time someone crosses the zone.

Video counting has several advantages. For example you can control everything remotely, via the Internet or Ethernet network. Once equipment is connected, engineers can commission, calibrate and monitor the system through the network.

Another advantage of video people counting is the recording ability. You can replay the video of people crossing the counting zone alongside both the updating counts and the software’s view of each person, letting you easily see if any adjustments to settings are needed in order to count accurately. You can thus be absolutely sure that the count is accurate, or if not make simple adjustments until the counting is correct.

It’s easy to expand a networked system, simply add extra counters and cameras to any new areas in which you are interested.

Video counting distinguishes between incoming and outgoing shopper traffic, differentiates between adults and children, accurately counts people entering side-by-side and ignores pushchairs and shopping trolleys. Systems can also adjust to differing light levels and shadows. People have to enter and exit a counting zone to be recorded: people just crossing the threshold then immediately leaving are not included in the totals.

The data pulling processes and software used with our Video Turnstile system lets the data be saved in formats such as XML or My SQL. This means data goes directly into a master databases where sales statistics and key performance indicators are monitored. For retailers the counts and point-of-sale (pos) data can be seen in near real-time providing conversion rate for each hour, half-hour or even every 5 minutes.

Video counting is not just used for counting people: with a change of software the same system counts vehicles too.

If you need any more details on video counting please get in touch – email [email protected] or get a no-obligation quote.

Retail Sensing

Retail Sensing manufacture the Video Turnstile people counting, vehicle sensing and smart city equipment. Our systems not only measure footfall and traffic, but monitor queues, display occupancy, track shoppers around stores, show heat maps of most visited areas, record passenger numbers, count pedestrians and provide retail intelligence and key performance indicators.

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