Method, system and apparatus for controlling an electrical device

A controller for triggering control of at least one electrical device, comprising

• an interface enabled to communicate with at least one camera for monitoring at least one entrance of at least one monitored area associated with the at least one electrical device, such that the at least one image of at least one moving entity may be received from the at least one camera, the interface further enabled to transmit control signals to at least one switch for controlling the at least one electrical device;
• and
• a processor enabled for:
• processing the at least one image of the at least one moving entity, for determining when the at least one moving entity is at least one of entering and exiting the at least one monitored area, and for determining when the at least one moving entity comprises at least one triggering shape;
• and
• when the at least one moving entity is determined to be at least one of entering and exiting the at least one monitored area, and the at least one moving entity comprises the at least one triggering shape, triggering control of the at least one electrical device by transmitting at least one control signal to the at least one switch, and triggering at least one counter for counting triggering shapes present in the at least one monitored area;
• wherein when the at least one moving entity is determined to be exiting the monitored area, and the at least one moving entity comprises at least one triggering shape, triggering the counter comprises triggering the counter to decrement by the number of triggering shapes, and triggering control of the electrical device comprises triggering control of the electrical device to a state different from a present state, when the counter falls below a threshold number.

A system for controlling at least one electrical device comprising:

• at least one camera mounted proximal to at least one of an entrance and an exit of a monitored area associated with the at least one electrical device, such that the at least one camera is enabled to capture images of moving entities that are at least one of entering and exiting the monitored area;
• at least one switch for controlling the at least one electrical device;
• and
• a controller for triggering control of the at least one electrical device, the controller comprising:
• an interface enabled to communicate with the at least one camera, such that images of moving entities may be received from the at least one camera, the interface further enabled to transmit control signals to the at least one switch for controlling the at least one electrical device;
• and
• a processor enabled for:
• processing the images, for determining when the moving entities are at least one of entering and exiting the at least one monitored area, and for determining when the moving entities comprise at least one triggering shape;
• and
• when the moving entities are determined to be at least one of entering and exiting the at least one monitored area, and the moving entities comprise the at least one triggering shape, triggering control of the at least one electrical device by transmitting at least one control signal to the at least one switch, and triggering at least one counter for counting triggering shapes present in the at least one monitored area;
• wherein when the at least one moving entity is determined to be exiting the monitored area, and the at least one moving entity comprises at least one triggering shape, triggering the counter comprises triggering the counter to decrement by the number of triggering shapes, and triggering control of the electrical device comprises triggering control of the electrical device to a state different from a present state, when the counter falls below a threshold number.