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US 10,948,965 B2Granted
User-configurable person detection system, method and apparatus
AssigneeEcolink Intelligent Technology, Inc.
InventorsBrandon Gruber, George Seelman
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for configuring a person detection sensor. The person detection sensor may limit its transmissions in accordance with a pre-configured dwell time. The person detection sensor may receive a new dwell time from a remote device. When the new dwell time is received, it is stored in memory and is then used to regulate the number of transmissions of the person detection sensor in accordance with the new dwell time.
Claims14
An apparatus for configuring a dwell time of the apparatus, comprising:
- a detector for detecting a presence of a person in an area;
- a memory for storing processor-executable instructions and the dwell time;
- a transceiver for sending and receiving wireless signals;
- a processor coupled to the detector, the memory and the transceiver, for executing the processor-executable instructions that causes the apparatus to:
- receive, by the processor via the transceiver, a command from a remote device to change the dwell time, the command comprising a new dwell time;
- in response to receiving the command from the remote device to change the dwell time, store, by the processor, the new dwell time in the memory;
- determine, by the processor via the detector, the presence of the person in the area;
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- in response to the processor determining the presence of the person in the area, determine, by the processor, that an elapsed time between the processor determining the presence of the person in the area and a time since the transceiver previously transmitted a signal indicative of the presence of a person in the area is greater than the new dwell time and, when the processor determines that the elapsed time is greater than the dwell time, transmit, by the processor via the transceiver, a new signal indicative of the presence of the person in the area;
- wherein the detector comprises at least one of an ultrasonic, an infra-red, and a thermal sensor.
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A method for configuring a dwell time of a person detection device, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor via a transceiver, a command from a remote device to change the dwell time of the person detection device, the command comprising a new dwell time;
- in response to receiving the command from the remote device to change the dwell time, storing the new dwell time in the memory;
- determining, by the processor via a detector, the presence of a person in an area monitored by the person detection device;
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- in response to the processor determining the presence of the person in the area monitored by the person detection device, determining, by the processor, that an elapsed time between the processor determining the presence of the person in the area and a time since the transceiver previously transmitted a signal indicative of the presence of a person in the area is greater than the new dwell time and, when the processor determines that the elapsed time is greater than the dwell time, transmitting, by the processor via the transceiver, a new signal indicative of the presence of the person in the area;
- wherein the person detection device comprises at least one of an ultrasonic, an infra-red, and a thermal sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.