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US 12,555,450 B2Granted
Person detection apparatus and method
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorBrandon Gruber
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a person in an area monitored by an electronic person detector that may operate both as a security motion sensor and a home automation occupancy sensor.
Claims14
An electronic person detector for monitoring an area for motion and occupancy, comprising:
- a sensor;
- a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;
- a transceiver for sending and receiving wireless signals;
- and
- a processer coupled to the sensor, the memory and the transceiver, for executing the processor-executable instructions that causes the electronic person detector to:
- operate, by the processor, the electronic person detector in a first mode of operation in which the processor determines, via use of signals received from the sensor, an occurrence of motion caused by a person in the area;
- receive, by the processor via the transceiver, a first signal from a local hub indicative of a change in an operating mode of a security system;
- and
- in response to receiving the first signal, cause, by the processor, the electronic person detector to operate in a second mode of operation in which the processor determines, via use of signals received from the sensor, an occupancy of the area by a person instead of using the signals to determine the occurrence of motion caused by a person in the area.
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A method, performed by an electronic person detector in an area, comprising:
- operating, by a processor, the electronic person detector in a first mode of operation in which the processor determines, via use of signals received from a sensor, an occurrence of a motion caused by a person in the area;
- receiving, by the processor via a transceiver coupled to the processor, a first signal from a local hub indicative of a change in an operating mode of a security system;
- in response to receiving the first signal, causing, by the processor, the electronic person detector to operate in a second mode of operation in which the processor determines, via use of signals received from the sensor, an occupancy of the area by a person instead of using the signals to determine the occurrence of motion caused by a person in the area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.