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People counting system with SquintPRO: footfall and occupancy from your existing cameras
A people counting system answers three questions for a mall, a shop or a government service centre: how many people came in, how many are inside now, and how long they stayed. SquintPRO, the video analytics platform Interkey builds, counts people on the CCTV you already run, so there is no new sensor to buy and maintain at every door. Counts feed dashboards by zone and hour, and your team gets an alert when an area passes the threshold you set.
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At a glance
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- What it is
- People counting, occupancy and dwell time from existing CCTV, built on SquintPRO
- What it measures
- People per zone, density per area, direction of movement and dwell time
- What it needs
- Cameras that see the entrance or zone, checked in a survey
- What you get
- Dashboards by zone and hour, and threshold alerts
- Where it runs
- On-premise, so footage stays on your site, or cloud with 3, 6 or 12 months' retention
- How it is licensed
- By quote, per camera stream, unlimited use cases per stream
- What it does not do
- Identify people; there is no face recognition
Footfall, occupancy and dwell time: three different counts
A request for a "footfall counter" usually holds three questions, and each needs a different camera view:
- Footfall: how many people came through an entrance in an hour or a day, for reading campaigns and planning staff.
- Occupancy: how many people are inside a hall or event area now, for managing capacity.
- Dwell time: how long people stay in a zone, which shows where queues form.
Decide which count each area needs first: a camera that counts a door well may count the hall behind it poorly.
How the SquintPRO people counting system works
| Need | What SquintPRO does | What the camera must see |
|---|---|---|
| Count visitors at an entrance | Counts people in a zone drawn at the entrance, with their direction of movement | The full entrance, from above or a steep angle |
| Know how many are inside an area | Counts people in a defined zone and measures density | The whole zone, with little overlap |
| See how long people stay | Measures dwell time in a zone | The zone for the whole visit, such as a waiting hall |
| Act before an area is full | Alerts your team, with video, when the area's threshold is crossed | Agreed thresholds and a team to receive alerts |
| Report by site and hour | Turns counts into dashboards by zone, shift and area | Zone names and opening hours |
Alerts go into the video management system, control room or incident tool you already run, not to a new screen.
People counting cameras you already own, instead of new sensors
Most people counting products are hardware: a device over each door, wired and maintained, that counts only its own doorway, and a mall can have dozens of entrances. SquintPRO works on the camera streams already installed, over RTSP or ONVIF, so the cameras that record for security also produce the counts.
A camera survey sorts each camera into usable as it is, usable after adjustment, or needing new hardware; that comes out in the survey, not after the contract. Because a licensed stream carries unlimited use cases, the camera that counts a door can also run the site's other alerts. See the SquintPRO video analytics page.
What decides counting accuracy
No camera count is exact, and a figure from another site, ours included, does not tell you how a count will behave at your door. These factors decide most of the result:
- Angle and height. A view from above separates people walking together; a low view lets one hide behind another.
- Density. A packed hall is harder to count than a quiet door; at events, density per area often matters more.
- Light. Strong sun behind a glass entrance, or a dim hall at night.
- Coverage. A zone partly out of view under-counts; one seen by two cameras can count twice.
- Who counts. Staff and guards use the same doors; agree how reports treat them.
Measure it in the pilot: count by hand at sampled hours and compare. See how to scope a pilot that proves something.
Where a visitor counting system is used in Saudi Arabia
- Malls: footfall per entrance and hour, food-court occupancy, and how busy each level is on Ramadan evenings.
- Retail stores: visitors per store and hour, read beside your sales figures, and dwell time at displays. See retail analytics with SquintPRO.
- Government service centres: how many are waiting, for how long, and when to open another counter.
- Events and venues: occupancy monitoring against each area's capacity, with an alert before a gate becomes congested. See crowd management and people counting.
Relatedretail analytics with SquintPROcrowd management and people counting
Where camera counting does not fit
If no camera sees an entrance and none can be moved, a camera must be added first. Counts give numbers, not identities: SquintPRO has no face recognition, so it does not tell a returning visitor from a new one.
What Interkey delivers in the Kingdom
Interkey builds SquintPRO and carries out the work in Saudi Arabia: the camera survey, counting zones and thresholds, dashboards in the form your managers already report, alert routing, and support from Riyadh by Arabic-speaking engineers. On-premise deployment keeps footage on your own servers.
Counts are totals, but the footage behind them shows people: agree before go-live who can view it, how long it is kept and how visitors are informed. The Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) publishes the Personal Data Protection Law and its guidance.
How a people counting project runs
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Areas and questions.
Agree which count each entrance and zone needs.
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Camera survey.
Each camera is checked for angle, coverage and stream quality.
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Pilot.
One site and written success criteria, including the gap you accept against a hand count.
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Dashboards and alerts.
Zones, thresholds and reports are set up for the team that acts.
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Rollout.
More entrances, floors or sites are added once the pilot passes.
What drives the cost
SquintPRO is quoted, not sold from a price list. It is licensed per camera stream, so the main driver is the number of streams covering the entrances and zones you want counted. The others are the deployment model, cameras that need replacing, the number of sites and the integrations. See what determines SquintPRO pricing.
Questions buyers ask
Can we count visitors with the CCTV cameras we already have?
Usually, on the cameras that see the entrance or zone. SquintPRO connects to existing streams over RTSP or ONVIF, so no sensor is fitted at each door. The camera survey says which cameras work as they are and which need adjusting; an entrance seen only from a low angle is the usual case.
How accurate is people counting from cameras, and how do we check it?
It depends on camera angle, density, light and coverage, so a figure from another site says little about yours. Check it in the pilot: count by hand at sampled hours and record both missed and extra counts. The gap you accept is written into the success criteria first.
Can the system alert us when a hall or event area is getting full?
Yes. You set a count or density threshold for each area, and SquintPRO alerts your team, with video, when it is crossed. Set two levels: one that calls for action, such as opening another gate, and one for the area's limit.
How is a people counting system licensed in Saudi Arabia?
By quote, per camera stream, with unlimited use cases on a licensed stream, so a counting camera can run other alerts without another licence. The quote follows streams, sites, deployment model and any cameras to replace. Interkey sells, deploys and supports it from Riyadh.
Can the footage and counts stay on our own servers in the Kingdom?
Yes. On-premise, SquintPRO runs on servers at your site and footage stays there. In the cloud, recordings are kept for 3, 6 or 12 months. Your data policy and bandwidth usually decide.
How long does it take to roll out visitor counting across several branches?
It depends on the number of sites and cameras, how many need adjusting, and the integrations. A pilot on one site comes first; we estimate after the camera survey and add branches in batches.
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Check your cameras for people counting
Tell us the sites, their entrances and roughly how many cameras cover them. We will tell you which cameras can count as they are and what a pilot could measure.
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