Corporate answer: big, hairy proprietary algorithms. Startup answer: straight magic, yo. Real answer: manual for this week. We're doing a couple things that don't scale to validate a concept.
Total occupancy but larger spaces can be segmented however they might want (order line, dining, bathrooms, bar area, etc.) Just need to separate two sections with a sensor.
1 sensor... ingress = movement into one area out of an adjacent area. Simultaneously, that counts as an egress (that person having moved out of that adjacent area into the next).
Cool! If you end up doing the new 9th Street Berkeley location, consider another count next door at Donut Dolly to see how many donuts are still available.
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 35.3 ms ] threadFor accurate, autonomous counting, we use this little guy -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/screenshots.angel.co/73/340163/7982...
We're gunning for city-wide, real-time movement.
but what he's made of is two infrared distance sensors. measures ingress and egress.
1 sensor... ingress = movement into one area out of an adjacent area. Simultaneously, that counts as an egress (that person having moved out of that adjacent area into the next).