Density Open Area – A radar that tracks people in a space

The tiny Density Open Area radar, mounted on the ceiling, finds and tracks people discreetly but with great precision. In a way, it doesn’t sound great. But don’t worry, we’ll get to it.

Density Open Area Radar uses infrared imagery

Density Open Area became interested in creating large-scale people monitoring technology after seeing the latent possibilities of its entrance monitoring device. A device that tracks the comings and goings of people using infrared imagery. They went for the radar. Technology whose range and precision allow it to cover hundreds of square meters from a single point; but that also does not easily identify someone.

This is an important point, as many are wary of installing people monitoring software on regular security cameras. The risk of abuse is high. Simply because images are easy to associate with identities. So while it is cheaper to stack a computer vision system on top of an ordinary camera, there are significant risks and drawbacks.

Not to mention a few like the idea of ​​security cameras that monitoring every desktop and every computer. Able to read confidential documents and see our every move at all times. The smart health smart health connected object and the software that Density has created is very presence-oriented. Is there anyone on this chair? Is there anyone in this office? How many people are in this room?

Density radar generates point clouds

Density Open Area radar creates point clouds. But not the detailed clouds you see in lidar systems in self-driving cars. It looks more like a cloud than anything else, a little cloud standing by the refrigerator in the office kitchen. When someone else comes for coffee, there is another cloud, followed separately. But there isn’t enough detail to tell people apart or, without careful consideration anyway, features like size or clothing.

Of course, you can follow the clouds to their office and identify them retroactively. But there is no shortage of ways to follow people today. Why install a new one that is more useful for other things?

Because the data of such a thing is certainly valuable. Cafes can observe seat occupancy rates and ABs can Review different layouts; gyms can see which machines are used the most and need maintenance or cleaning; offices can reuse meeting rooms or unpopular furniture; retail stores can find refrigerated shelves.

Software for more features

The software that comes with Density Open Area devices can also show how far people are from each other. But also how long they tend to stay in different places and whether some lanes of traffic are busier than others.

Data is aggregated in real time, so a shared office space can easily tell – without asking or double-checking – which desks are empty and have been empty all morning. Likewise, restaurants would not see their number of tables at the host station lagging behind in reality.

Each of the Density Open Area sensors, which are roughly the size of a BLT. It can cover a circle with a diameter of about 10-15 meters, in which you can install two meeting rooms; or twenty offices. It is more than competitive with aerial optical cameras; not to mention the advantage in terms of confidentiality.

AB SMART HEALTH REVIEW