Abstract: The invention relates to a method for distinguishing, detecting and counting persons and/or objects in facilities and/or vehicles for conveying persons and/or goods, with the method steps: emitting radiation from a radiation source, deflecting the radiation with an element for deflecting the radiation, generating a light pattern in a detection region, detecting the radiation backscattered by persons and/or objects situated in the detection region in a radiation detector, and counting the persons and/or objects in a counting region, wherein the counting region is arranged in a region between 30 cm in front of and 30 cm behind an entrance to facilities and/or to the vehicle for conveying persons and/or objects. The invention also relates to a corresponding device for performing the method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for distinguishing, detecting and counting persons and/or objects in vehicles for conveying persons and/or goods, with the method steps: emitting radiation from a radiation source, deflecting the radiation with an element for deflecting the radiation, generating a light pattern in a detection region with a beam density ?s of 5*102/4*?sr?1??s?106/4*?sr?1, and detecting the radiation backscattered by persons and/or objects situated in the detection region in a radiation detector, as well as a corresponding person and/or object counting device.