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0 pointsSmushman10y ago0 comments

Andrew @ density.io answered this for me.

It can determine traffic direction; which is a leap beyond current technology i.e. a break beam, which cannot.

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serf10y ago

> It can determine traffic direction; which is a leap beyond current technology i.e. a break beam, which cannot.

all it would take is two or more beams and some pretty simple code, am I missing something?

escobar10y ago

Nope, not missing anything. There are 2 beams (IR) per one of their "sensors", and it's assumed they're determining direction by noting which beam fires first vs second.

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