Ambient Condition Monitoring for Real-Time Crowd Activity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers and businesses face challenges in determining real-time crowd activity levels at social venues, leading to frustration and inefficiencies due to the lack of accurate information, which affects venue selection and operational management.
Innovation Solution
A system that measures and reports real-time ambient conditions such as sound, temperature, light, motion, water usage, and infrared signals, transmitting this data to a cloud-based application for visualization and use by both venues and consumers, providing an overall measure of crowd activity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If consumers travel to the venue to check crowd activity, then they can directly observe the current conditions, but they waste time and may arrive to find the venue unsuitable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of sensors, processors, and communication devices that transmit crowd activity information between the venue and consumer devices. This intermediary eliminates the need for consumers to physically travel to the venue to check conditions, providing real-time data through mobile devices while maintaining accurate crowd activity measurement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical approach of physically traveling to a venue with an electronic information transmission system. Sensors detect crowd activity, processors analyze the data, and communication devices transmit information to consumers' mobile devices, substituting physical movement with electronic data exchange.
2Loss of time
If consumers call the venue to check crowd activity, then they can obtain information without traveling, but the information is temporal and conditions may have changed by arrival time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuous monitoring of crowd activity through sensors that constantly detect conditions at the venue. This continuous data collection ensures that the information provided to consumers is always current and reflects the actual conditions at any given moment, eliminating the temporal delay inherent in periodic phone calls.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides real-time feedback to consumers about crowd activity levels through their mobile devices. The feedback loop continuously updates consumers with current venue conditions, allowing them to make informed decisions without the information becoming outdated by the time of arrival.
3Quantity of substance
If venues implement traditional door counters for crowd measurement, then they can track patron numbers, but they cannot determine actual crowd activity level or patron behavior
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from counting only the quantity of patrons to measuring multiple parameters including sound levels, motion detection, and environmental conditions. This multi-parameter approach provides a comprehensive assessment of actual crowd activity levels and patron behavior, moving beyond simple headcount to meaningful activity measurement.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables informed decisions for consumers and businesses by providing real-time and historical data on crowd activity, improving venue selection and operational management, while also offering opportunities for targeted marketing and enhanced user experience.
Implementation Method 1
Through the use of real-time crowd signals: sound; light; temperature; motion; water usage; vibration; infrared signal and others
Implementation Method 2
sound level monitoring could provide data needed for the crowd activity measurement. However, temperature, in combination with sound level, could also provide crowd activity measurement
Implementation Method 3
The system described below measures crowd level at venues, whether public or private, through the use of real-time crowd signals: sound; light; temperature; motion; water usage; vibration; infrared signal and others
Implementation Method 4
real-time crowd signals: sound; light; temperature; motion; water usage; vibration; infrared signal and others
Implementation Method 5
The system described below measures crowd level at venues, whether public or private, through the use of real-time crowd signals: sound; light; temperature; motion; water usage; vibration; infrared signal and others
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a system for measuring ambient conditions in venues using a number of real-time signals, including sound, temperature, light, motion, water usage, vibration, infrared signal and others. Ambient signal data is transmitted to a cloud-based application that stores the signal levels in a database and presents the information in a visual format for use by venues and by consumers. The system can, among other things, provide an overall measure of crowd activity in a venue.