Stranger Detection
February 7, 2024
Introducing AI Video Analytics for Stranger Detection: Our system uses smart technology to watch over your space. It can quickly spot unknown people and
Solutions · Visitor Management (VMS)
How many people actually came through today isn’t a question you should have to guess at. Collie counts every entry and exit through a defined zone — a doorway, a gate, a corridor — turning foot traffic into a number you can plan around.
Why it matters
How many people pass through a space shapes everything from staffing to safety limits — but only if someone’s actually counting.
Without an accurate count, staffing, layout, and capacity decisions end up based on impressions rather than data.
A person tallying visitors by hand is slow, inconsistent, and impossible to run continuously across multiple entrances.
Without a live count, there’s no way to know a room or venue is approaching its safe capacity until it’s already too full.
What’s inside
Every person crossing a defined line is counted going in and coming out, giving an accurate running total.
Set a capacity limit for a room or venue, and get an alert as it approaches or crosses that number.
See how foot traffic trends by hour, day, or season — the pattern data behind staffing and layout decisions.
Runs on cameras already installed at an entrance — no need to replace hardware just to start counting.
How it flows
A defined line or zone on the camera view registers every person crossing it, in either direction.
Counts roll up into a live occupancy figure and a running total for the day, week, or month.
Traffic trends and capacity data are ready to export or review whenever a planning decision needs them.
Flow, not density
People Counting tracks how many people pass a point over time — a running total for traffic and occupancy. Crowd Detection answers a different question: how packed a specific area is right now. Many sites run both — counting to manage overall numbers, density detection to catch a dangerous crush in a specific corner.
MOD.03 · Also on the fleet
Temporary events, open plazas, and construction sites don’t always have a fixed entrance to mount a camera on. A Collie robot can run the same counting logic from a patrol route, giving a traffic figure for spaces that change layout often.
Where it’s deployed
Footfall counts tied to conversion and staffing decisions across store entrances.
Passenger flow through gates, platforms, and concourses during peak periods.
Occupancy tracking for meeting rooms and shared spaces against booked capacity.
Real-time attendance figures and capacity limits for venues and event halls.
People Counting tallies the number of individuals passing through or present in an area over time, while Crowd Detection focuses on real-time density against a safety threshold.
It’s used for footfall analysis, occupancy reporting, and visitor traffic patterns – useful for offices, retail-style entrances, and public smart city spaces.
Yes, directional counting separates entries and exits, giving an accurate net occupancy figure rather than just a raw total of detections.
Yes, people counting figures feed the same dashboard as attendance and access logs, giving a consistent occupancy picture across the site.
Yes, robots on patrol can contribute counts for open or outdoor areas that don’t have a fixed camera positioned to count reliably.
Introducing AI Video Analytics for Stranger Detection: Our system uses smart technology to watch over your space. It can quickly spot unknown people and
Tell us about the space you want to count, and we’ll show you what accurate traffic and occupancy data would look like.