Counting Crowds and Lines · dimroc

In Union Square, NYC, there's the untoppable burger joint name Shake Shack that's always crowded. A group of us would obsessively check the Shake Cam around lunch to figure out if that trip was worth it. Rather than do this manually (come on, it's nearly 2018), it would be great if this could be done for us. Then, to take that idea further, imagine being able to measure foot traffic on a month to month basis or to measure the impact of a new promotional campaign. Object detection has received a lot of attention in the deep learning space, but it's ill-suited for highly congested scenes like crowds.