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System for detecting persons in a defined space

  • US 8,593,279 B2
  • Filed: 12/16/2008
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. System for detecting a mobile or immobile entity in a defined space, comprising:

  • a presence detector for detecting a presence of said entity in at least two partially overlapping observation areas of said space, said presence detector collecting at least one piece of immobile presence information of this entity, irrespective of a movement thereof, and at least one piece of movement information of said entity in each of said observation areas, wherein the at least one piece of immobile presence information is a logical variable indicating a presence or absence of the entity, and wherein the at least one piece of movement information is a logical variable indicating a movement or absence of movement of the entity;

    a processor, for merging by logic operations the at least one piece of immobile presence information and the at least one piece of movement information of each entity collected for each of said observation areas, and generating a logic signal as result of the merging; and

    a decision maker, which is connected to the processor for controlling an action in accordance with the logic signal.

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