
Malika Yelyubayeva
Computer Science student at the University of Illinois at Chicago

QROWD
QROWD - a QR-code scanning platform for people count. It is an innovative solution to overcrowding in public areas as it provides a guest-friendly interface to monitor the number of people present in a hotel's social spaces.
Visitors enter a specific hotel zone (lobby, F&B, pool, or else). When they scan one of the QR codes placed around the property, they will get anonymously added to the total count of the zone they are in. The QR-code transfers guests onto an interactive map of the facilities with an updated count for each designated area. However, before accessing the website’s main page, a user receives a small pop-up window where he/she is required to:
(1) input the number of people they are currently with, and
(2) select an amount of time they expect to spend in the area.
For the indecisive, a "not sure" button will be available, which will use the pre-computed average time spent in that location at that particular time of the day. Once the provided time has elapsed, the system will automatically remove the stated number of guests from the total count. The numbers are presented in a colored property map with three levels of risk based on how full a specific place is (a recommended average, below the average, and above the average). QROWD would use"cookies" to collect data and wouldn’t track people’s location to respect guest privacy.
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