Person location detection apparatus and air conditioner
First Claim
1. A person location detecting apparatus comprising a light emitting section for radiating a projection light and a TOF (Time Of Flight) method distance image sensor for receiving a reflected light from a room space of the projection light to output distance information in accordance with a distance to an object in the room space from each of a plurality of light receiving sections,the person location detecting apparatus further comprising a distance change detecting section for detecting a distance change to the object in the room space based on the distance information from the TOF method distance image sensor and a person distinguishing section for distinguishing a person by identifying a shape of a detected distance change area to detect a direction and distance to the distance change area that is identified as a shape of a person as a location of a person.
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Abstract
A person location detecting apparatus according to the present invention includes a light emitting section for radiating a projection light and a TOF method distance image sensor for receiving a reflected light from a room space of the projection light to output distance information in accordance with a distance to an object in the room space from each of a plurality of light receiving sections, and further includes a distance change detecting section for detecting a distance change to the object in the room space based on the distance information from the TOF method distance image sensor and a person distinguishing section for distinguishing a person by specifying a shape of a detected distance change area to detect a direction and distance to the distance change area that is specified as a shape of a person as a location of a person.
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1. A person location detecting apparatus comprising a light emitting section for radiating a projection light and a TOF (Time Of Flight) method distance image sensor for receiving a reflected light from a room space of the projection light to output distance information in accordance with a distance to an object in the room space from each of a plurality of light receiving sections,
the person location detecting apparatus further comprising a distance change detecting section for detecting a distance change to the object in the room space based on the distance information from the TOF method distance image sensor and a person distinguishing section for distinguishing a person by identifying a shape of a detected distance change area to detect a direction and distance to the distance change area that is identified as a shape of a person as a location of a person.
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