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Pedestrian traffic counting system

  • US 5,946,368 A
  • Filed: 09/22/1997
  • Issued: 08/31/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Method of determining the direction of travel of objects traveling across a surface having a plurality of zone locations, comprising the steps of:

  • sensing contact events between the surface and the objects traveling across the surface;

    recording a timestamp and a zone location corresponding to each contact event;

    identifying contact event sequences according to predetermined criteria defining relationships between the timestamps and the zone locations corresponding to the contact events;

    relating individual objects to individual contact event sequences; and

    assigning a direction of travel to the individual objects according to the predetermined criteria.

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