Future Work

Integrated Client-Bridge Device

The Client and Bridge circuits can be converted to smart devices. For the client, the circuit discussed in the Hardware Design can be integrated as a single compact device, which has an inbuilt battery and connectivity features. Such a device can be easily installed in any application. This will increase the scalability of the product and will enhance its usability.

The bridge module can also be configured in a similar manner to create a robust architecture.

Integrated gateway

The gateway can be embedded on a dedicated device, for example, a raspberry pi.

This device could also host the web control panel, and an MQTT broker if the user only wants it to be run locally

Artificial Intelligence

The data from the seats are accessed in the cloud and can be stored using a database service such as MongoDB. This stored data can be used to identify the patterns in the seat filling during various times of an event. This data can be used to predict the patterns in seat filling using artificial intelligence and can be used to spread the crowd to various locations of the auditorium so that access control can be implemented effectively.

This will also make sure that the attendees of the event need not wait in the long queue before they attend the event.

On-Board Memory and Analysis

In the current architecture, the client controllers don't have much memory by in it. The controllers can be associated with a more capable physical memory unit, which can store the data and instructions, and could send the data based on the pattern analysis performed on this. Such an analysis can ensure a longer lifetime of the equipment, as power used for sending the data can be avoided frequently.