Patent ID: 8648908
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A full-automatic visitor counting system, comprising: a plurality of fixed sensors installed in an establishment, each sensor counting the number of visitors passing by the sensor and producing a count signal per each visitor, a plurality of data-recording devices for receiving the count signals from the sensors connected thereto via unidirectional transfer links and storing, for each sensor, records each comprising the number of visitors counted within a predetermined time period, a visitor data processing unit connectable through a transmission network to the data-recording devices for fetching records stored therein, a database for storing the records, the visitor data processing unit further comprising: a record validation block operatively connected to the database, the record validation block being adapted automatically to, an interpolation block operatively connected to the record validation block and the database, said interpolation block being adapted to automatically create a new record for an incorrect record of the selected sensor channel by utilizing accepted records of the same sensor channel, and to substitute the incorrect records with the new records, a faulty-sensor detection block operatively connected to the record validation block, said faulty-sensor detection block being adapted to