Density (company)

Density is a developer of door sensors and room sensors that are designed to measure how people use space in real time without invading privacy. The company's proprietary depth sensors and deep learning algorithms accurately and anonymously count people in real time. Density suggests the measuring technology can help design and manage spaces used by people to be more inclusive and sustainable. Density's sensors do not use cameras, in order to avoid capturing personal identifiable information; they are purpose-built for measuring how people use spaces.

The company uses sensors to generate anonymous depth data to help users see and understand space usage at scale and in real time. The sensors work to generate enough data to make sense of human behavior in a space, without generating enough data to be able to identify individuals. And the sensors are designed to be secure and protect data as it is transmitted to users.

Density's OpenArea sensor works to help understand how people use open space. The sensor can be installed up to 20 feet from the ground to understand more than 1,325 square feet of space. This sensor is intended to offer greater range and greater coverage than camera-based alternatives.

The Entry sensor is Density's original sensor. It is threshold-based and able to measure the number of people coming in and out of a space. Density can monitor a floor and room-sized area (depending on location and distribution) and smaller sizes, such as desks.

Using data generated from the company's sensors, Density's software solutions offer users a chance to monitor different spaces, including floors and rooms, and give users an understanding of the utilization of the space.

The Workspace software offered by Density allows users to manage desk configurations, so workspaces can be assigned or reserved by users or teams. Users can create floor plans with landmarks, such as hand sanitizer stations or printers, and assign amenities so employees can book based on needs or preferences, such as monitors and standing desks. The software can integrate with existing applications, such as Slack.

The Workspace software is intended to be used for safely reopening business after the COVID-19 epidemic, including through the implementation and adjustment of team protocols. This can be used to automate social distancing and help businesses stay in compliance and build in daily health checks, which can also be adapted as needed.

Density's Portfolio software works to aggregate data from Density sensors across a collection of properties, to see how buildings and spaces are used at scale and from a single dashboard. This gives larger organizations a chance to access real-time and day-over-day return to office insight to track space usage and set safe capacity limits. And the software can track week-over-week trends and surface anomalies that may or may not need attention. The software also offers users a chance to benchmark building performance against organizational standards, so organizations can better understand right-size spaces based on space usage.

To help users manage occupancy density limits, Safe offers an anonymous people-counting system, which can manage the amount of employees or customers in a space with real-time capacity displays, with native mobile, web, SMS, and on-site digital signage available. The system is capable of alerting staff when occupancy reaches unsafe levels, and customers can also receive these alerts through subscription to Safe Alerts. And the Safe software offers analytics to allow users to monitor the space's compliance with social distancing policies. This system is also capable of turning screens into a density display to help customers and employees see occupancy limits and the percentage of those limits in real time.