SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OCCUPANCY ESTIMATION UTILIZING TRANSMITTED SIGNALS
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1. A method of estimating a number of occupants in a region, the method comprising:
- receiving at one or more receiving units a signal transmitted from one or more transmitting units, wherein the transmitting units are not associated with the one or more occupants located in the region;
measuring one or more attributes of the received signal;
estimating the number of occupants in the region based, at least in part, on the measured attributes of the received signal and a relationship that relates measured attributes and number of occupants to one another.
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Abstract
A method estimating number of occupants in a region includes receiving at one or more receiving unit a signal or signals transmitted from one or more transmitting units, wherein the transmitting units are not associated with the one or more occupants located in the region. In addition, the method includes measuring one or more attributes of the received signal for a duration of time and calculating an occupancy estimate based, at least in part, on the measured attribute of the received signal.
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1. A method of estimating a number of occupants in a region, the method comprising:
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receiving at one or more receiving units a signal transmitted from one or more transmitting units, wherein the transmitting units are not associated with the one or more occupants located in the region; measuring one or more attributes of the received signal; estimating the number of occupants in the region based, at least in part, on the measured attributes of the received signal and a relationship that relates measured attributes and number of occupants to one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of detecting presence or absence of occupants in the region, the method comprising:
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receiving at one or more receiving units a signal transmitted from one or more transmitting units, wherein the transmitting units are not associated with the one or more occupants located in the region; measuring one or more attributes of the received signal; and detecting a presence/absence of occupants in the region based, at least in part, on the measured attributes of the received signal and a relationship that relates measured attributes and the presence/absence of occupants to one another. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of estimating a number of occupants in the region, the method comprising:
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generating baseline parameters that describe the effect occupancy has on signal attributes and storing the generated baseline parameters; generating a relationship that relates measured attributes of the received signal and number of occupants to one another; receiving at one or more receiving units a signal transmitted from one or more transmitting units, wherein the transmitting units are not associated with the one or more occupants located in the region; measuring one or more attributes of the received signal; and estimating the number of occupants in the region based, at least in part, on the measured attributes of the received signal and the generated relationship. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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