TRAFFIC AND POPULATION COUNTING DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A device executable by a computing device for counting shoppers, comprising:
- an entry selector coupled with the computing device configured to be selected to indicate that a shopper has entered a shopping zone and to keep a running count of a number of shoppers who enter the shopping zone;
an exit selector coupled with the computing device configured to be selected to indicate that a shopper has exited a shopping zone and to keep a running count of a number of shoppers who exit the shopping zone; and
a display configured to display a running population count of shoppers within the shopping zone determined by a running difference between the running count of the number of shoppers who enter the shopping zone and the running count of the number of shoppers who exit the shopping zone.
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Abstract
A traffic and population counting device system and method is provided. The traffic and population counting device may be executable by a computing device and may include an entry selector configured to be selected to indicate that a shopper has entered a shopping zone and to keep a running count of a number of shoppers who enter the shopping zone. An exit selector may be configured to be selected to indicate that a shopper has exited a shopping zone and to keep a running count of a number of shoppers who exit the shopping zone. Further, a display may be configured to display a running population count of shoppers within the shopping zone. The running population count may be determined by a running difference between the running count of the number of shoppers who enter the shopping zone and the running count of the number of shoppers who exit the shopping zone.
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19 Claims
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1. A device executable by a computing device for counting shoppers, comprising:
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an entry selector coupled with the computing device configured to be selected to indicate that a shopper has entered a shopping zone and to keep a running count of a number of shoppers who enter the shopping zone; an exit selector coupled with the computing device configured to be selected to indicate that a shopper has exited a shopping zone and to keep a running count of a number of shoppers who exit the shopping zone; and a display configured to display a running population count of shoppers within the shopping zone determined by a running difference between the running count of the number of shoppers who enter the shopping zone and the running count of the number of shoppers who exit the shopping zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for counting shoppers, comprising:
computer software which, upon execution by a computing device is configured to display a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface being configured to display a pair of directional entry and exit selectors, the entrance selector and an the exit selector being configured to respectively represent an entrance of a shopper into a shopping zone and an exit of the shopper, or another shopper, out of the shopping zone, the entry selector being selectable to effect an incrementing running count of a population in the shopping zone, and the exit selector being selectable to effect a decrementing running count of the population in the shopping zone. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computing device enabled method of counting traffic and a population of shoppers comprising:
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receiving an input from an entry selector to effect an incremented count on the computing device as a running total of shoppers who have entered into a shopping zone; receiving an input from an exit selector to effect an incremented count on the computing device as a running total of shoppers who have exited the shopping zone; calculating a running population of shoppers in the shopping zone as the running total of shoppers who have entered into a shopping zone minus the running total of shoppers who have exited the shopping zone; and displaying the running population of shoppers in the shopping zone. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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