People counting keeps developing: sensors get smaller, connections simpler, and more businesses expect visitor figures as a matter of course. Where is the technology heading, and what does WELLPOINT offer today? This article separates the two.
What’s Next for People Counting?
- More Planning From History
Organizations increasingly plan staffing, campaigns and seasonal peaks from their visitor history. With WELLPOINT this works today on a simple basis: WELLPOINT.cloud shows visitors by hour and day and monthly trends, and your team draws the conclusions. - Closer Links With Other Systems
Visitor counts are increasingly combined with sales and building data. WELLPOINT offers CSV export on PLUS and PRO, and on PRO, the API can be used to integrate WELLPOINT visitor counts with POS, BI or other business systems. - Camera-Free Sensing as the Norm
Privacy concerns are moving the market away from cameras. The Pulse V3 already uses a time-of-flight (ToF) laser sensor that counts entries and exits and records no images or video. - Browser-Based Dashboards
WELLPOINT.cloud is real-time, with data updates every 5 minutes on PLUS and PRO (hourly on LITE), works on a phone and holds several sites in one account. - Privacy as a Core Requirement
GDPR-friendly by design: no camera, no images, no identification of people – only anonymous entry and exit counts. Full GDPR compliance also depends on the specific data-processing context. - Insights Beyond the Door
Many retailers would like to know more about what happens inside the store. Measuring the time shoppers spend in front of shelves is something we may integrate later; today the counter counts entries and exits at the door.
What You Get Today
- Reliable entry and exit counts from a camera-free ToF sensor
- Current occupancy as entries minus exits
- Hourly and daily reports, monthly trends and totals per location
- Built-in mobile data in every plan, with Wi-Fi as an option
What This Could Mean for Your Business
- Retailers could plan busy periods and campaigns from their own visitor history.
- Building operators on PRO could bring the counts into their own systems.
- Public venues could follow occupancy and staff the busiest hours.
The WELLPOINT People Counter (Pulse V3) is made by Involver System SRL in Romania, EU, and is set up in about 5 minutes. Devices and plans are ordered on visitorcount.com.
Want to see today’s dashboard? Request a demo account of WELLPOINT.cloud – it runs on fictitious sample data.