An increasing number of businesses are choosing to take advantage of the unique insights that people counting systems can provide. In this article, we will explain the main reasons for using a people counting system, and why Time-of-Flight (ToF) technology is ideal for people counting.
Why use a people counting system?
If you’re a business owner, having detailed information on how people are using your space can provide a number of advantages for resource maximization. Shop managers, for example, can use people counting data to gain valuable insights into trends in customer behavior and ensure that staffing and operations are optimized to give the best possible experience to their customers.
Similarly, if you’re a facility manager in a corporate building, determining how many workstations are in use at various times, whether conference rooms are being used efficiently, or how often the washrooms or cafeterias are occupied can have big implications for building management. People counting systems can be used to allocate space more effectively and, in cases, even reduce real estate expenditure and utility bills. Countless companies pay to heat, cool and illuminate unoccupied rooms every day – but people counting data enables heating, lighting and ventilation systems to be automated in response to room occupancy.
The first step to better understand the use of space is to count the number of people who go in and out of a given area. Technological solutions such as Time-of-Flight cameras have made people counting much easier and more accurate.
While a number of different people counting technologies exist, Time-of-Flight technology makes people counting easier, more accurate and more secure. Using an active infrared emission, the 3D ToF cameras from Domi are able to detect people, objects and the rest of the scene without being affected by the color of the ground or people’s clothing. For instance a person wearing white clothes and passing on a white floor will still be detected effectively.
