System for determining the number of shoppers in a retail store and for processing that information to produce data for store management

摘要: A system for automatically counting people as they move past a selected location, and measuring their heights. The includes emitters emitting beams toward persons moving location to generate reflected from the person, such that included angle of emitted is function person's height. detector detects generates signals representative angle, thus height person. person are converted data may be used evaluation purposes. particularly adaptable use in retail stores determining number shopper units store during time periods evaluating performance based, part, on conversion actual customers.