{"id":370,"date":"2017-12-05T03:50:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T03:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footfallcam.com\/blog\/?p=370"},"modified":"2025-11-05T10:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T10:57:36","slug":"223-evolution-of-people-counters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footfallcam.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/223-evolution-of-people-counters\/","title":{"rendered":"#223 Evolution of People Counters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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People Counter have been used within the past 2 decades and over the years, the technology of the counters have improved drastically. Each new generation of people counters overcome the flaws and inaccuracies presented by its predecessor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Infrared Bean Counter<\/strong><\/span>
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Horizontal infrared beam directed across an entrance that automatically counts an individual whenever the beam is broken. It is widely considered as<\/span> highly inaccurate<\/em><\/span> due to variations of multiple visitors entering the store, and inability to differentiate entering or exiting the store.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Expected Accuracy of Infrared Beam Counter: 60% \u2013 80%<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thermal Counter<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thermal imaging systems using array sensors to detect heat sources using embedded technology. It is<\/span>\u00a0highly unreliable<\/em><\/span>\u00a0due to inaccuracies with slight variations in weather, and humidity of its environment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Expected Accuracy of Infrared Beam Counter: 60% \u2013 80%<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2D People Counter<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video people counters that uses camera imaging to count the number of people entering or leaving the premise directly from a footage by detecting movement in the background. It is<\/span>\u00a0highly inaccurate<\/em><\/span>\u00a0since it cannot differentiate objects and humans apart.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Expected Accuracy of 2D People Counter: 80% – 95%<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fourth generation of people counter combines the technology of third generation and Wi-Fi counting, allowing users to obtain further business insight than before. Additionally, using<\/span>\u00a0stereoscopic vision<\/span><\/em>\u00a0to detect height, fourth generation counters can effectively avoid false counting presented by third generation counters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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