NON-CONTACT SENSOR FOR PASSENGER COUNTING AND CLASSIFICATION
Gene Greneker · 2001
This Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) project developed and tested an experimental approach to count the number of passengers entering and exiting rail transit cars through a wide stream door. The system that was tested consisted of (1) a radar and (2) a video camera image capture system. Testing of the Cyclops system demonstrated that radar is a viable method for counting single passengers entering or exiting anywhere along the wide stream door. Both the radar and the video elements were tested aboard Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail rapid transit cars, with wide stream doors, during revenue service. It was demonstrated that radar and video are viable methods for counting single passengers entering or exiting anywhere along the wide stream door. Challenges associated with using radar and video for passenger count extraction were also evaluated.