Method for monitoring occupancy in a work area

A method for monitoring occupancy in a conference room, the method comprising:

• at a sensor block, transitioning from an inactive state into an active state in response to a motion sensor, integrated into the sensor block, detecting a motion event within the conference room;
• during a first scan cycle in the active state:
• recording a first image through an optical sensor, integrated into the sensor block and defining a field of view intersecting the conference room, at a first time;
• and
• detecting a first set of humans in the first image;
• transmitting the first total occupancy to a remote computer system for update of a scheduler for the conference room;
• during a second scan cycle succeeding the first scan cycle in the active state:
• recording a second image through the optical sensor at a second time;
• and
• detecting absence of humans in the second image;
• and
• in response to lack of outputs from the motion sensor indicating motion in the conference room for more than a threshold duration and detecting absence of humans in the second image:
• transmitting confirmation of vacancy in the conference room to the remote computer system for update of the scheduler for the conference room;
• and
• transitioning from the active state into the inactive state.

A method for monitoring occupancy in an agile work environment, the method comprising:

• at a sensor block, transitioning from an inactive state into an active state in response to a motion sensor, integrated into the sensor block, detecting a motion event within the agile work environment;
• during a first scan cycle in the active state:
• recording a first image through an optical sensor, integrated into the sensor block and defining a field of view containing a set of agile desks within the agile work environment, at a first time;
• detecting a first set of humans in the first image;
• interpreting proximity of the first set of humans, detected in the first image, to locations of a first subset of agile desks, in the set of agile desks, as occupancy of the first subset of agile desks at the first time;
• detecting a second set of human effects in the first image;
• and
• interpreting proximity of the second set of human effects, detected in the first image, to locations of a second subset of agile desks, in the set of agile desks, and absence of humans proximal the second subset of agile desks as absent occupancy of the second subset of agile desks at the first time;
• and
• transmitting confirmation of occupancy of the first subset of agile desks and the second subset of agile desks to a remote computer system for update of a scheduler for the agile work environment.