INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Zensors, a startup that uses machine learning to track things like restaurant occupancy, lines and so on, is making its platform available
for free to airports and other places desperate to take systematic measures against infection.The company, founded two years ago but covered
by A Technology News Room in 2016, was among the early adopters of computer vision as a means to extract value from things like security
It may seem obvious now that cameras covering a restaurant can and should count open tables and track that data over time, but a few years
spaces, like airports, offices and retail environments
They can count open and occupied seats, spot trash, estimate lines and all that kind of thing
Coincidentally, this is exactly the kind of data that managers of these spaces are now very interested in watching closely given the present
received a number of inquiries from the likes of airports regarding applying the technology to public health considerations.Software that
counts how many people are in line can be easily adapted to, for example, estimate how close people are standing and send an alert if too
whether there are too many people in a given area, when a surface was last cleaned and whether cleaning should be expedited, and how many of
a given group are wearing face masks.Airports surely track some of this information already, but perhaps in a much less structured way
Using a system like this could be helpful for maintaining cleanliness and reducing risk, and no doubt Zensors hopes that having had a taste
via what amounts to a free trial, some of these users will become paying clients
Interested parties should get in touch with Zensors via its usual contact page.
