We’re excited to hit the road again this spring for the Public Library Association, PLA, and Association of College Unions International, ACUI, conferences! This will be our second appearance at each show and we anticipate them to be even better than the first.

The PLA Conference will be hosted in Philadelphia March 13th to 17th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Public library professionals from across the nation attend the show in search of the latest and greatest technologies and services. Read the rest of this entry »

The 101st Annual National Retail Federation Convention and Expo came to a close last week in New York City as we made our sixth consecutive appearance. As all the people contributing to the #NRF12 Twitter feed agreed, this was the busiest year we can remember with over 25,500 in attendance!

Our newest technology, the PC-VID2-N Video Based People Counter made its NRF debut, counting individuals as they passed by our booth. The new people counter’s queuing and count zone features interested many retailers looking to provide optimum customer service within their stores.

We would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth. It was a pleasure meeting you! We look forward to further connecting with our new retail acquaintances.

The holiday shopping season presents examples of queuing around every corner, from the airport ticket counter to the deli counter and the retail checkout to the ATM machine. Keep the hustle and bustle on the move by efficiently managing your queue areas with our PC-VID2-N stereo video people counter.

Using 3-D video technology, this camera senses how many people are in your queue zone and measures how long each person has been there. With this data at your fingertips, you can increase service levels as soon as needed, decreasing customers’ wait time and increasing their satisfaction with your company.

In addition to queue zones, the stereo video people counter can also monitor service zones. Monitor the average time a representative spends with each customer at the service desk as well as how many customers were serviced during a shift. Use the data to identify top reps and peak servicing times as well as identify where corrective actions are needed.

Learn more about this people counter’s robust capabilities:
 PC-VID2-N Stereo Video People Counter 



Dropping temperatures, threats of blizzards, holiday shopping statistics scrolling across every channel, it can only mean one thing… The National Retail Federation (NRF) annual conference is almost here!

This January the NRF will celebrate its 101^st annual conference and expo at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. This is the retail industry’s flagship event with over 22,000 in attendance last year from 82 countries.

We’re excited to exhibit to the industry’s most elite representatives for the sixth year in a row. You can find Melissa Chapman, Senior Account Manager, and Jessica Lipply, Marketing Coordinator, in the NRF Expo Hall at booth 1042 featuring the latest in people counting technologies.  The Expo Hall hours are as follows:

Monday, January 16, 2012: 9:00am – 6:30pm
Tuesday, January 17, 2012: 9:00am – 5:00pm 

Featured products:
PC-VID2-N Video IP People Counter

PC-THI60V-N Dual View Thermal People Counter

We look forward to seeing you in the Big Apple!
Leave a comment below if you’ll be there or would like to setup a meeting during the show!

This month we participated in our third corporate volunteer project with the Big Reach Center of Hope in Greenford, Ohio! Four volunteers spent the day assisting with the distribution of food and clothing to local families in need. In addition, our volunteers helped the Center after hours by cleaning and decorating the facility for the upcoming holidays.

Randi Johnson, SenSource Accountant and volunteer, states, “The Big Reach Center of Hope is a well run organization. The team leaders were very helpful in showing us volunteers what to do. Overall it was a good experience by allowing us to help other people.”

The Big Reach Center of Hope was established in 2004 to fill the needs of low income and underserved individuals in the community. The facility provides free food, clothing, personal care items and small household goods to the public twice each week. Additional items are provided throughout the year such as turkeys for Thanksgiving, toys for Christmas, book bags filled with school supplies for back to school and baskets for Easter. In 2010, the Center reached out to over 45,000 individuals!

Learn more about our Corporate Volunteer Program on our Community page.

At SenSource we believe it’s always the season for thanks and giving! This year we’ve been fortunate to take corporate giving to the next level with the establishment of a Corporate Volunteer Program. It’s an honor to be recognized by receiving HandsOn Volunteer Network’s Corporate Partner in Change award. We are thankful year-round for our world class customers and for our dedicated employees. Without them, this award would not be possible.

With this new volunteer program, employees at SenSource have made a difference in the city of Youngstown in 2011. You can learn more about this program and see photos from volunteer projects on our Community page, www.sensourceinc.com/community.

From all of us at SenSource, we wish you a great Thanksgiving holiday!

We made our rounds to the Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York state library conferences within the past month. As librarians are notorious for their creativity and extensive vocabularies, we thought a word game was an appropriate challenge for each show. We received some hilarious, unique and downright shocking answers!

SenSource Scattergories is played the same as standard Scattergories with the letter at each show being “S” (for SenSource, of course). Here are a few of our favorite answers: 

1.       Something found in a librarian’s desk:
Smoking hot pic of Neil Gaimen -Laura, NYLA

2.       Reasons to visit the library:
Scoring chicks -Aimee, OLC

3.       Reasons to visit a library conference:
SenSource -Melissa, PALA

4.       Things only found at a library conference:
Showcases of sensational scholastic supplies -Karen, OLC 

Congratulations to our Scattergories winners who each received a delicious Cheryl & Co cookie basket!
OLC – Craig at Medina County District Library
NYLA – Kara at West Hurley Public Library
PALA – Karla at Palmyra Public Library

The most common concerns with video-based people counters are that shadows and lighting interfere with the system’s ability to accurately detect people. These factors are no problem for the PC-VID2-N system. Our people counter is programmed to detect depth, height and shape, along with other algorithms, to identify and count people. As shadows and lights lack depth, the system doesn’t confuse them for people adding inaccurate count data. 

Last month we introduced you to our latest, most accurate people counting technology, the PC-VID2-N stereo video people counter. What sets this system apart from competitors’ 2-D monocular video-based people counters is that 3-D video technology enables the camera to detect height, shape and depth.

Also by detecting height, the PC-VID2-N can distinguish between adults and children and store the data separately. This provides an additional segment of data for broader reporting possibilities.

Greater accuracy and broader reporting capabilities are just a couple of the key benefits to 3-D video technology. Learn more about stereo video and how your business can achieve greater accuracy with the PC-VID2-N people counter.

Attend the Ohio Library Council Convention and Expo or the New York Library Association Conference and Trade Show for your chance to win a Cheryl and Co cookie basket! SenSource staff will be at each show answering your questions about patron counters and demonstrating the latest technology. While visiting our booth, play SenSource Scattergories. The player with the most unique answers will win a cookie basket to share (or not to share) with your library!

Be sure to follow us on Twitter @SenSource for updates before, during and after the shows!

Ohio Library Council • October 26-28 • Toledo • #503

New York Library Association • November 2-5 • Saratoga Springs • #41

We are proud to announce our nomination for the HandsOn Corporate Partner in Change Award given by the HandsOn Volunteer Network of the Valley (HOVN), Our Valley’s Volunteers Campaign and WFMJ TV 21. 

According to Maureen Drummond, Executive Director of HOVN, “SenSource was unanimously selected to be the only recipient of the award by our board and staff.  This is the only award that does not compete and it gives our staff an opportunity to have a hand in selecting a recipient.  We’re excited to be presenting SenSource with this award for all the company has done in setting the tone for other businesses in giving back through volunteerism!”

In the spring of 2011 we partnered with HOVN to initiate a Corporate Volunteer Program to further involve Read the rest of this entry »