With such information, connected businesses can detect hot spots, queue lengths, wait times, dwell times, seat level occupancy, rest room usage, room or shop usage. This data can then be used to act on
- Environment and HVAC settings
- Better safety and security planning
- Provide additional location-based services
- Streamline janitorial services based on usage
- Improve employee productivity with enhanced air quality based on density
- Improved energy efficiency and comfort by controlling HVAC and Lighting based on occupancy
- Understand area usage by time of day and week for space planning and lot more
Sensing without Sense is not very useful. Also, Sensors must address security at multiple layers to comply with corporate security policies. Thus, sensors must be designed with a sensor network platform that provides a framework for security, scalability, sensor fusion, sensor stitching, over the air upgrades, edge computing, tracking health and performance, plug-and-play, wired and wireless support and more.