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Thank you all for the suggestions. I guess I should be a little more specific. I am looking for something that can be loaded up on a tablet (ipad and/or nexus 7), and have the laylout of the floor + chairs and tables. We are wanting to track usage of specific carrels and tables in different locations on the floor. To determine if they are in a good place or if they need to be repositioned or repurposed. Thanks again! s Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > stuart yeates > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 6:43 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in > Library > > Many buildings have IR sensors already installed for burglar alarms / fire > detection. If you can get a read-only feed from that system you may be able > to piggyback. > > Of course, these kinds of sensors are tripped by staff making regular rounds > of all spaces and similar non-patron activity. > > cheers > stuart > > On 16/08/13 06:33, Brian Feifarek wrote: > > Motion sensors might be the ticket. For example, > > https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8630 > > > > Brian > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andreas Orphanides" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:12:02 AM > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in > > Library > > > > Oh, that's a much better idea than light sensors. One challenge with > > that might be difficulty in determining what "vacant" looks like > > authoritatively, especially if people move chairs, walk through room, etc. > > But much more accessible than actually bolting stuff to the table, I > > would think. > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Schwartz, Raymond > <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > > >> Hey Dre, Perhaps a video camera with some OpenCV? > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > >> Of Andreas Orphanides > >> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 8:55 AM > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in > >> Library > >> > >> If I were feeling really ambitious -- and fair warning, I'm a big > >> believer that any solution worth engineering is worth > >> over-engineering -- I'd come up with something involving light > >> sensors (a la a gate counter) mounted on the table legs, just above > >> seat height. Throw in some something something Arduino or Raspberry > Pi, and Bob's your uncle. > >> > >> I find myself more intimidated by the practicality of maintaining > >> such a system (batteries, cord management etc) than about the > >> practicality of this implementation, actually. > >> > >> -dre. > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Thomas Misilo <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I was wondering if anyone has been asked before to come up with a > >>> way to record usage of tables. > >>> > >>> The ideal solution would be a web app, that we can create floor > >>> plans with where all the tables/chairs are and select the "reporting > >>> time", say 9PM at night. Go around the library and select all the > >>> seats/tables/rooms that are currently being used/occupied for > >> statistical data. > >>> > >>> We would be wanting to go around probably multiple times a day. > >>> > >>> The current solution I have seen is a pen and paper task, and then > >>> someone will have to manually put the data into a spreadsheet for > >> analysis. > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> Tom > >>> > >> > > > > > -- > Stuart Yeates > Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/