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US 10,382,893 B1Granted
Building system control utilizing building occupancy
AssigneeIvani, LLC
InventorsJohn Wootton, Matthew Wootton, Justin McKinney, Caitlin Riley, Matthew Rush, Boris Dieseldorff, Achintya Kumar, Christopher Nissman
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Abstract
Systems and methods that can utilize the detection of human occupancy without fiducial elements to control an environmental, security, or other system within a structure. The systems and method can initiate communication to a human user directly, and can alter their operation based on human presence.
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A method for controlling a system based on occupancy of a structure, the method comprising:
- locating a first human in a first space within a structure by detecting said first human's presence in said first space using network presence sensing (NPS), said first human's detected location not corresponding to the location of a fiducial element carried by said first human acting as a proxy for said first human;
- locating a second human in said first space within a structure by detecting said second human's presence in said first space using NPS, said second human's detected location not corresponding to the location of a fiducial element carried by said second human acting as a proxy for said second human;
- instructing a system to take a first action based on said first human's and said second human's location in said first space;
- tracking movement of said first human from said first space to a second space within said structure, said tracking using NPS and not corresponding to tracking the location of a fiducial element carried by said first human acting as a proxy for said first human;
- determining that said second human's location is still in said first space, said determining using NPS and not corresponding to locating a fiducial element carried by said second human acting as a proxy for said second human;
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- altering said instruction based on said first human being in said second space and said second human being in said first space.
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A method for controlling a system based on occupancy of a structure, the method comprising:
- locating, using NPS, a first human in a first space within a structure by detecting said first human's presence in said first space, said first human's detected location not corresponding to the location of a fiducial element carried by said first human acting as a proxy for said first human;
- locating, using NPS, a second human in a second space within a structure by detecting said second human's presence in said second space, said second human's detected location not corresponding to the location of a fiducial element carried by said second human acting as a proxy for said second human;
- instructing a system to take a first action based on said first human's location in said first space and said second human's location in said second space;
- tracking movement of said first human from said first space to said second space said tracking using NPS and not corresponding to tracking the location of a fiducial element carried by said first human acting as a proxy for said first human;
- determining that said second human's location is still in said second space, said determining using NPS and not corresponding to locating a fiducial element carried by said second human acting as a proxy for said second human;
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- altering said instruction based on said first human being in said second space and said second human being in said second space.
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