HeadCount Floor Mount Solution

In developing the HeadCount floor mounted counter the R&D team needed a device that could detect people’s movements without circumscription.
Different heights and sizes, light and shadow, speeds and direction have bedeviled traditional counting systems that are based on archaic means of detection.
The HeadCount team selected detection at ankle height where there is a great degree of commonality for all ages, sizes and shapes of human beings, and a lot more activity than, for example, a torso.
The greater the activity the more complex the detected patterns of movement, the more distinctive and accurate the opportunity for counting. The HeadCount counter has sensors that emit four laser-like infra-red beams across a defined count zone.
As a person walks through the count zone the pattern generated by the sensors is sampled. The pattern is then processed by the on board neural network that has been trained to recognize the number of people passing and in which direction. The system works irrespective of light or dark or temperature and even during power blackouts.
Features of the HeadCount floor mount solution are highlighted below:

- 96% accuracy on 2,400 movements per hour (shop net counter), 3,600 movements per hour (hybrid counter) and 4,800 movements per hour (train net counter).
- Overall accuracy up to 99% on daily totals.
- Bi-directional counts in both directions simultaneously.
- Count in light or dark ambient conditions.
- Single counter covers an entrance width of up to 10 meters (30 feet).
- Indoor and outdoor counting capability.
- Multiple uses - Store, anchor crossover, exterior, flow, main entrance, elevators, escalators.
- Built in diagnostics.
- Battery Backup in the event of network power loss.
- Low cost ring network reticulation saving on installation costs.

HeadCount Overhead Solution

The HeadCount Oculus overhead counter is the latest innovation from HeadCount. It is a highly accurate, cost effective and an aesthetically pleasing people counter. Oculus unobtrusively detects the motion of people utilizing a patented pattern recognition algorithm. Oculus is a monocular camera based system that captures video from an overhead viewpoint and processes it to count the people that pass through the count zone. The elegant design complements modern commercial and retail spaces. The overhead counter is ideal for narrow passages or store entrances with moderate visitor traffic flows where maximum performance is required.
Features of Oculus are highlighted below:

- 96% accuracy on 900 movements per hour.
- Bi-directional visitor counting.
- High accuracy, low cost.
- Non-intrusive and aesthetically pleasing device.
- Store, anchor crossover, flow, elevator and escalator counting.
- No PC required for standalone solution.
- Seamlessly integrated into HeadCount for networked solution.
- Immune to lighting level variation and floor surfaces.
- Powerful detection and pattern recognition algorithms.
- Single counter can cover a width of up to 4 meters (12 feet).
- Built in diagnostics.
- Battery Backup in the event of network power loss.
- Quick setup saving on installation costs.