Detection device
First Claim
1. A device for counting passengers on a transportation vehicle, said counting device comprising:
- a detection device for detecting persons or objects and the direction of movement thereof, comprising;
a radiation sensor arrangement for detecting electromagnetic radiation of the wavelength of visible and/or invisible light, which emanates from the person or object, and an evaluation unit that is connected to the sensor arrangement and that forms a variation signal which corresponds to a time variation of the radiation detected by the radiation sensor arrangement, wherein the detecting device further comprises a means for individualizing that is connected to the evaluation unit and that obtains information individualizing the object or person, and that is connected to a store that stores at least a portion of the variation signal and the information individualizing the object or the person as a characteristic parameter in association with the variation signal such that the detection device can discern between different objects or persons and identify a same object or person at different times, and wherein the detection device further comprises a means for determining a parameter that is connected to the evaluation unit and that delivers an additional signal, wherein the evaluation unit forms the characteristic parameter in dependance on the additional signal, wherein the parameter-determining means comprises a radiation source for radiation which can be detected by the sensor arrangement or alternatively or additionally to the radiation source comprises an additional sensor for detecting a person-individual signal; and
a counter connected to the detection device; and
wherein the detection device is adapted to be mounted above an entrance to the transportation vehicle.
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Abstract
A detection device for detecting persons or objects and the direction of movement thereof comprising a radiation sensor arrangement for detecting electromagnetic radiation of the wavelength of visible and/or invisible light which is reflected or emitted by a person or an object, and an evaluation unit which is connected to the sensor arrangement, wherein the evaluation unit is adapted to form a variation signal which corresponds to the time variation of the radiation detected by the radiation sensor arrangement and is connected to a store which is adapted to store at least a portion of the variation signal and a characteristic parameter associated with the variation signal.
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53 Claims
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1. A device for counting passengers on a transportation vehicle, said counting device comprising:
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a detection device for detecting persons or objects and the direction of movement thereof, comprising;
a radiation sensor arrangement for detecting electromagnetic radiation of the wavelength of visible and/or invisible light, which emanates from the person or object, and an evaluation unit that is connected to the sensor arrangement and that forms a variation signal which corresponds to a time variation of the radiation detected by the radiation sensor arrangement, wherein the detecting device further comprises a means for individualizing that is connected to the evaluation unit and that obtains information individualizing the object or person, and that is connected to a store that stores at least a portion of the variation signal and the information individualizing the object or the person as a characteristic parameter in association with the variation signal such that the detection device can discern between different objects or persons and identify a same object or person at different times, and wherein the detection device further comprises a means for determining a parameter that is connected to the evaluation unit and that delivers an additional signal, wherein the evaluation unit forms the characteristic parameter in dependance on the additional signal, wherein the parameter-determining means comprises a radiation source for radiation which can be detected by the sensor arrangement or alternatively or additionally to the radiation source comprises an additional sensor for detecting a person-individual signal; and
a counter connected to the detection device; and
wherein the detection device is adapted to be mounted above an entrance to the transportation vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An apparatus for detecting and counting passengers entering and exiting a transportation vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
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a detection device comprising;
a source of radiation for transmitting electromagnetic energy at visible and/or infrared wavelengths into an area entered and/or exited by a plurality of persons over time;
a plurality of radiation sensor elements for detecting said transmitted electromagnetic energy reflected from each of said plurality of persons entering or exiting said area;
an evaluation unit connected to said source of radiation and said plurality of radiation sensor elements, and wherein said evaluation unit generates a three-dimensional contour pattern of each of said plurality of persons using said detected transmitted electromagnetic energy reflected from each of said plurality of persons and detected by said plurality of radiation sensor elements, and wherein said evaluation unit generates at least one time variation signal using said detected transmitted electromagnetic energy reflected from each of said plurality of persons and detected by at least two of said plurality of sensor elements, said wherein said evaluation unit associates said three-dimensional contour pattern with said time variation signal for each of said plurality of persons, and wherein said evaluation unit determines if each of said plurality of persons has entered or exited said area using said time variation signal for each of said plurality of persons; and
a store unit to store each of said associated three-dimensional contour patterns and time variations signals; and
a counter unit connected to said detection device to increment a count value when a person of said plurality of persons is determined to enter said area, and to decrement said count value when a person of said plurality of persons is determined to exit said area.
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