Know How Busy You Are
Knowing how many people are in a venue helps with safety, staffing and the visitor experience. A live count can show a green, amber or red signal on a door, tell staff when to open another till and feed useful reports on peak times.
Ways to Count
Different sensors suit different spaces. We select them for our information system projects depending on the entrances and budget.
- Door-mounted overhead sensors — count people entering and leaving
- Thermal sensors — work in low light and avoid capturing images
- Time-of-flight sensors — measure distance to detect passing people
- Beam counters — simple and cheap for narrow doorways
- Camera-based counting — flexible but needs careful privacy handling
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Accuracy and Privacy
No counter is perfect. Groups walking together, prams and people lingering in a doorway can all cause errors, so test on site and agree an acceptable accuracy. Where capacity is a safety limit, have a manual check as well.
Prefer methods that count without storing images. Under UK data protection law, anonymous counts are far simpler than anything that identifies individuals, and signs should tell visitors what is in use.
Show It Usefully
Staff want a dashboard, visitors want a simple indicator. Keep each one clear and consistent, and make sure the display handles lost connections gracefully. Agencies can scope this with us through our partner service.
