Cologne, 28 September 2020 – The software company
dimedis has implemented a new digital admission control system for
Cologne Zoo in order to fulfil the coronavirus-related regulations.
ViCo – Visitor Control, which was developed in Cologne, controls access to the zoo and counts the number of visitor to the Hippodom, the Rainforest House and the Jungle House as well as at the exit. Thanks to ViCo, the zoo controls admission fully automatically and intelligently. ViCo sensors count the number of visitors at the entrances and exits of the animal houses. Depending on how many people are already in the building, a traffic light system informs the visitors whether they can enter or whether they have to wait. When the maximum number of visitors has been reached, the traffic light changes from green to red. The zoo’s staff can set the maximum permissible number of visitors via the ViCo service app and are able to manually intervene in the access control system at any time. In addition, the zoo has access at all times to the current counter reading, the traffic light status, the configured measuring zones as well as to the parameters for the maximum number of visitors. A further expansion is planned with the installation of ViCo in the Aquarium. Furthermore, all traffic lights will be equipped with loud speakers in order to warn the visitors acoustically.