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US 10,474,905 B2Granted
Methods and systems for auto-commissioning people counting systems
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsAlan Matthew Finn, Hui Fang
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Abstract
The method includes collecting people counting data, fitting one or more distributions to the collected people counting data, determining a value from the one or more distributions, and setting the value as a key parameter of the people counting system.
Claims18
A method of auto-commissioning a people counting system of a person transportation system, the method comprising:
- collecting people counting data associated with the person transportation system using a sensing device arranged to detect people crossing a counting area, wherein the counting area is a pre-designated area associated with the person transportation system;
- using a processor to fit one or more distributions to the collected people counting data;
- determining, with the processor, a value from the one or more distributions;
- and
- setting, with the processor, the determined value as a key parameter of the people counting system,
- wherein the collecting, fitting, determining, and setting are performed automatically using the processor and sensing device in response to an instruction to auto-commission the people counting system without human interaction during the auto-commissioning process as executed by the processor and using the sensing device, and
- wherein the setting step comprises setting a key parameter for a single person count, a two person count, and a three person count.
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A people counting system comprising:
- a sensing device configured to observe movement across a counting area;
- a processor in communication with the sensing device and configured to set the counting area, wherein the sensing device and processor are part of a person transportation system and the counting area is a pre-designated area of the person transportation system;
- the processor configured to perform a self-commissioning of the system, wherein the self-commissioning is performed without human interaction as executed by the processor and using the sensing device, the self-commissioning comprising:
- collecting people counting data;
- fitting one or more distributions to the collected people counting data;
- determining a value from the one or more distributions;
- and
- setting the value as a key parameter of the people counting system,
- wherein the setting step comprises setting a key parameter for a single person count, a two person count, and a three person count.
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A method of auto-commissioning a people counting system of a person transportation system, the method comprising:
- collecting people counting data associated with the person transportation system using a sensing device arranged to detect people crossing a counting area, wherein the counting area is a pre-designated area associated with the person transportation system;
- using a processor to fit one or more distributions to the collected people counting data;
- determining, with the processor, a value from the one or more distributions;
- and
- setting, with the processor, the determined value as a key parameter of the people counting system,
- wherein the collecting, fitting, determining, and setting are performed automatically using the processor and sensing device in response to an instruction to auto-commission the people counting system without human interaction during the auto-commissioning process as executed by the processor and using the sensing device, and
- wherein said fitting of one or more distributions comprises a first Gaussian curve fit to the people counting data and a second Gaussian curve fit to the people counting data, wherein the first Gaussian curve represents a single person count and the second Gaussian curve represents a two person count.
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