Occupant status monitor

An occupant status monitor comprising:

• a detector disposed to sense a plurality of parameters of thermal energy in and relative to given space wherein the parameters are temperature, size, shape, motion, time, and position, and to transmit data representative of said parameters;
• a processor disposed to receive data transmitted by the detector, to compare that data with a predetermined data set representative of attributes of one of a person and of the space, and to transmit a plurality of instructions, each of said instructions being dependant upon the results of at least one comparison;
• and
• an indicator disposed to receive the instructions from the processor and to activate signals about the status of a person relative to the space based upon the instructions received from the processor,
• whereby upon a comparison by the processor of the data transmitted by the detector with a predetermined data set, the signals activated by the indicator will show whether the space is or has been occupied and the status of an occupant relative to the space.

An occupant status monitor comprising:

• a detector disposed to sense a plurality of parameters of thermal energy in and relative to a given space wherein the parameters are temperature, size, shape, motion, time, and position, and to transmit data representative of said parameters;
• a processor disposed to receive data transmitted by the detector, to compare that data with a predetermined data set representative of attributes of one of a person and of the space, and to transmit a plurality of instructions, each of said instructions being dependant upon the results of at least one comparison;
• and
• an indicator comprising an audiovisual display of three lights and a tone generator, and disposed to receive the instructions from the processor and to display information about the status of a person relative to the space based upon the instructions received from the processor,
• wherein a first of the at least three lights and the tone generator are activated in an intermittent mode to signal a first occupant status when a person is present in the space and is experiencing a physical emergency;
• and
• wherein a second of the at least three lights is activated in the constant mode to signal a second occupant status when a person is present in the space and is not experiencing a physical emergency;
• and
• wherein a third of the at least three lights is activated in an intermittent mode to signal a third occupant status when a person has vacated the space briefly within a predetermined time period;
• and
• wherein none of the at least three lights or the tone generator is activated when no person is present in the space outside of the predetermined time period.

An occupant status monitor comprising:

• a detector disposed to sense a plurality of parameters in and relative to a given space wherein the parameters are temperature, size, shape, motion, time, location, and position, and to transmit data representative of said parameters;
• a processor disposed to receive data transmitted by the detector, to compare that data with a predetermined data set representative of attributes of one of a person and of the space, and to transmit a plurality of instructions, each of said instructions being dependent upon the results of at least one comparison;
• and
• an indicator disposed to receive the instructions from the processor and to display information about the status of a person relative to the space based upon the instructions received from the processor,
• wherein the indicator will display information representing a first occupant status when a person is present in the space and is experiencing a physical emergency;
• a second occupant status when a person is present in the space and is not experiencing a physical emergency;
• a third occupant status when a person has vacated the space within a predetermined time period;
• and a fourth occupant status when no person is present in the space outside of the predetermined time period.