Presence based system and method for controlling devices
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A presence based system comprising:
- a smart device configured to operate at least one connected device;
a locator comprises a directional antenna, wherein the locator is associated with a specific entrance to a subarea of a monitored area and configured to supervise an entrance to the subarea of a monitored area via said specific entrance,wherein the directional antenna having a beam width of less than 45 degrees and positioned such that a gain of the antenna in an area near the entrance at the side of the entrance facing said subarea is higher than the gain of the antenna close to the entrance at the outer side of the entrance, and that the gain of the antenna in the area near the entrance at the side of the entrance facing said subarea is higher than the gain of the antenna in locations distal from the entrance inside the subarea of a monitored area,wherein the smart device and the locator are configured to exchange, by the directional antenna, radio frequency (RF) signals to determine presence and location of the smart device within the subarea based on received RF signals and are further configured to determine the presence and location of the smart device within the subarea by detecting passing of the smart device through said area near said entrance at the side of the entrance facing said subarea; and
wherein the smart device is configured to issue control commands to operate the at least one connected device based on a predefined scheme and on the presence of the smart device within the subarea.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
System and method for presence based control of connected devices including a smart device configured to operate at least one connected device, and a locator configured to supervise an entrance of a subarea of a monitored area, wherein the smart device and the locator are configured to exchange radio frequency (RF) signals and to determine the presence of the smart device within the subarea based on received RF signals, and wherein the smart device to issue control commands to operate the at least one connected device based on a predefined scheme and on the presence of the smart device within the subarea.
13 Citations
45 Claims
-
1. A presence based system comprising:
-
a smart device configured to operate at least one connected device; a locator comprises a directional antenna, wherein the locator is associated with a specific entrance to a subarea of a monitored area and configured to supervise an entrance to the subarea of a monitored area via said specific entrance, wherein the directional antenna having a beam width of less than 45 degrees and positioned such that a gain of the antenna in an area near the entrance at the side of the entrance facing said subarea is higher than the gain of the antenna close to the entrance at the outer side of the entrance, and that the gain of the antenna in the area near the entrance at the side of the entrance facing said subarea is higher than the gain of the antenna in locations distal from the entrance inside the subarea of a monitored area, wherein the smart device and the locator are configured to exchange, by the directional antenna, radio frequency (RF) signals to determine presence and location of the smart device within the subarea based on received RF signals and are further configured to determine the presence and location of the smart device within the subarea by detecting passing of the smart device through said area near said entrance at the side of the entrance facing said subarea; and wherein the smart device is configured to issue control commands to operate the at least one connected device based on a predefined scheme and on the presence of the smart device within the subarea. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 35, 36, 42, 43)
-
-
14. A smart device configured to control at least one connected device,
wherein the smart device is configured to determine presence and location of the smart device in a subarea of a monitored area by detecting passing of the smart device through an entrance to said subarea using a locator, wherein said locator comprises a directional antenna having a beam width of less than 45 degrees, wherein the locator is associated with a specific entrance to the subarea and configured to supervise the entrance to the subarea via said specific entrance, wherein the directional antenna positioned such that a gain of the antenna in the area near the entrance, at the side of the entrance facing said subarea, is higher than the gain of the antenna close to the entrance at the outer side of the entrance and that the gain of the antenna in the area near the entrance, at the side of the entrance facing said subarea, is higher than the gain of the antenna in locations distal from the entrance inside the subarea of a monitored area, wherein the presence is determined based on strength of received RF signals exchanged between the smart device and the locator, by the directional antenna, and wherein the smart device is configured to control the at least one connected device based on the presence of the smart device within the subarea and on a predefined scheme stored in the smart device.
-
23. A method for controlling at least one connected device by a smart device, the method comprising:
-
determining, by the smart device and a locator, presence and location of the smart device in a subarea of a monitored area by detecting passing of the smart device through an entrance to said subarea, wherein said locator is associated with said specific entrance to the subarea and configured to supervise the entrance to the subarea via said specific entrance, said locator comprises a directional antenna having a beam width of less than 45 degrees, positioning the directional antenna such that a gain of the antenna in an area near the entrance, at the side of the entrance facing said subarea, is higher than the gain of the antenna close to the entrance at the outer side of the entrance and that the gain of the antenna in the area near the entrance, at the side of the entrance facing said subarea, is higher than the gain of the antenna in locations distal from the entrance inside the subarea of a monitored area and wherein the presence and location are determined, by the smart device, based on strength of RF signals exchanged between the smart device and the locator by the directional antenna, and; and controlling the at least one connected device by the smart device based on a predefined scheme stored in the smart device and on the presence of the smart device within the subarea. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 39, 40)
-
- 30. A locator comprises a directional antenna having a beam width is less than 45 degrees, wherein the locator is associated with a specific entrance to a subarea of a monitored area and configured to supervise the entrance of a smart device to the subarea via said specific entrance and to determine the presence and location of the smart device within the subarea by detecting passing of the smart device through an area near said entrance at the side of the entrance facing said subarea based on received radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted by the smart device, wherein the locator is configured to inform the smart device of the presence and location of the smart device within the subarea, and wherein the directional antenna is positioned such that a gain of the antenna in the area near the entrance, at the side of the entrance facing said subarea, is higher than the gain of the antenna close to the entrance at the outer side of the entrance and that the gain of the antenna in the area near the entrance, at the side of the entrance facing said subarea, is higher than the gain of the antenna in locations distal from the entrance inside the subarea of a monitored area.
Specification