REMOTE NON-INTRUSIVE OCCUPANT SPACE MONITORING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A remote non-intrusive monitor of a space for occupants, comprising:
- a non-intrusive sensor module for monitoring a space; and
a processor connected to the sensor module; and
wherein;
the sensor module provides signals representative of electrical power used at the space;
the signals representative of the electrical power are analyzed by the processor; and
analysis by the processor of the signals results in information about a space and/or an element, component, environment, and/or occupant, if any, of the space.
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Abstract
A system for remote non-intrusive occupant space monitoring. The system may have sensors and other mechanisms for non-intrusively obtaining information by capturing utility and communication signals, images, light, sound, environmental factors, background information, and so on, about a space and its occupants. The obtained information may be locally or remotely analyzed and modeled by a processor. Models of buildings, behavior, and power systems from the processor may be compared with pre-defined models to infer further information about the space and its occupants. Also, behavioral information may be obtained, inferred and/or learned. The models may be updated with the obtained, inferred and learned information.
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20 Claims
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1. A remote non-intrusive monitor of a space for occupants, comprising:
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a non-intrusive sensor module for monitoring a space; and a processor connected to the sensor module; and wherein; the sensor module provides signals representative of electrical power used at the space; the signals representative of the electrical power are analyzed by the processor; and analysis by the processor of the signals results in information about a space and/or an element, component, environment, and/or occupant, if any, of the space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for non-intrusive monitoring of an element, comprising:
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non-intrusive obtaining data associated with a sensor or other detection approach of an element; processing the data into at least one model of the element; matching the model to one or more predefined models representing certain information; associating the certain information with the element from the matching of the model of the element with the one or more predefined models representing the certain information; and creating improved models based upon learning and training from disturbances, human input, previously improved models, and so forth. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-intrusive monitor system comprising:
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a non-intrusive information acquisition mechanism; an analysis module connected to the non-intrusive acquisition mechanism; a modeling module connected to the analysis module; and a resultant module connected to the modeling module; and wherein; information comprises one or more items relevant to one or more elements; the modeling module is for matching a model to an element based on one or more items relevant to the element; and the model implies other information about the element. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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