METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THERMAL COMFORT
First Claim
1. An apparatus for detecting thermal comfort, comprising:
- an infrared sensor being adapted to produce a thermographic image by detecting the temperature at a plurality of points in order to determine the surface temperature of at least one person,an image evaluation device being adapted to receive the data from the infrared sensor and that is adapted to correlate the measured surface temperatures to a segmented physiological model of the person, wherein the image evaluation device is adapted to determine a position in the room and/or a gesticulation and/or anthropometric and/or morphological data for the at least one person,a correlation device being adapted to receive the data from the image evaluation device, and being adapted to provide at least one variable that represents thermal comfort from the position in the room and/or the gesticulation and/or the anthropometric and/or the morphological data for the at least one person.
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Abstract
A device and corresponding method for detecting thermal comfort includes an infrared sensor to generate a thermographic image by detecting the temperature at a plurality of points to detect the surface temperature of at least one person; an image evaluation unit to receive the data of the infrared sensor to correlate the measured surface temperatures with a segmented physiological model of the person. The image evaluation unit determines a position in space and/or a gesture and/or anthropometric and/or morphological data of the at least one person, and a correlation unit receiving the data of the image evaluation unit to generate, on the basis of the position in space and/or the gesture and/or the anthropometric and/or morphological data of the at least one person, at least one variable representing thermal comfort.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus for detecting thermal comfort, comprising:
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an infrared sensor being adapted to produce a thermographic image by detecting the temperature at a plurality of points in order to determine the surface temperature of at least one person, an image evaluation device being adapted to receive the data from the infrared sensor and that is adapted to correlate the measured surface temperatures to a segmented physiological model of the person, wherein the image evaluation device is adapted to determine a position in the room and/or a gesticulation and/or anthropometric and/or morphological data for the at least one person, a correlation device being adapted to receive the data from the image evaluation device, and being adapted to provide at least one variable that represents thermal comfort from the position in the room and/or the gesticulation and/or the anthropometric and/or the morphological data for the at least one person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for detecting thermal comfort, comprising the following steps:
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a thermographic image is produced in order to detect the surface temperature of at least one person by detecting the temperature at a plurality of points using an infrared sensor, the data from the infrared sensor are supplied to an image evaluation device, a segmented surface model of a person is produced from the surface temperature, and a position in the room and/or a gesticulation and/or anthropometric and/or morphological data for the at least one person is/are determined, the data from the image evaluation device are supplied to a correlation device, which is used to take the position in the room and/or the gesticulation and/or the anthropometric data and/or the morphological data for the at least one person in order to produce at least one variable representing thermal comfort. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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