EP0992949A3 - People counting system by pressure images - Google Patents

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EP0992949A3
EP0992949A3 EP99500166A EP99500166A EP0992949A3 EP 0992949 A3 EP0992949 A3 EP 0992949A3 EP 99500166 A EP99500166 A EP 99500166A EP 99500166 A EP99500166 A EP 99500166A EP 0992949 A3 EP0992949 A3 EP 0992949A3
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footprints
counting system
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people counting
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Juan Ignacio Lopez Mudarra
Ramon Garcia Bayo
Carlos Palomo Lopez
Francisco Leon Sanchez
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G06M1/08—Design features of general application for actuating the drive
    • G06M1/10—Design features of general application for actuating the drive by electric or magnetic means
    • G06M1/108—Design features of general application for actuating the drive by electric or magnetic means by electronic means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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This people counting system is composed of one or more sensor surfaces each one formed by independent pressure sensible cells in a bi-dimensional matrix arrangement, and frequently installed on a small dimension stair step, capable of providing a pressure image every few milliseconds; and of one or more pressure image analysing systems capable of collecting the images generated through the sensor surfaces and, by means of image processing methods, detect the number of footprints left on every surface during each sampling period, link the footprints detected on consecutive events, determine (by their past history) their moving direction, group the possible footprints of each person and count them on the correct direction when they leave the surface.
EP99500166A 1998-09-22 1999-09-17 People counting system by pressure images Withdrawn EP0992949A3 (en)

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ES9801987 1998-09-22
ES9801987A ES2151844B1 (en) 1998-09-22 1998-09-22 PEOPLE ACCOUNT SYSTEM FOR PRESSURE IMAGES

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