IMAGE PROCESSING OCCUPANCY SENSOR
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1. A method of controlling building equipment comprising:
- receiving an image from an image sensor placed in a space associated with the building, the image including information representative of one or more occupants in the space;
at a first processor coupled with a memory storing the image, determining, from the image, a presence of one or more occupants within the space; and
providing a control signal to one or more controllable building elements based on the presence of the occupant within the space.
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Abstract
A system and method of detecting occupants in a building automation system environment using image based occupancy detection and position determinations. In one example, the system includes an image processing occupancy sensor that detects the number and position of occupants within a space that has controllable building elements such as lighting and ventilation diffusers. Based on the position and location of the occupants, the system can finely control the elements to optimize conditions for the occupants, optimize energy usage, among other advantages.
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1. A method of controlling building equipment comprising:
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receiving an image from an image sensor placed in a space associated with the building, the image including information representative of one or more occupants in the space; at a first processor coupled with a memory storing the image, determining, from the image, a presence of one or more occupants within the space; and providing a control signal to one or more controllable building elements based on the presence of the occupant within the space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A building management system comprising:
an image processing occupancy sensor comprising; at least one image sensor; and at least one first microprocessor coupled with at least one memory, the microprocessor and memory configured to receive and store an image from the image sensor, the at least one memory including computer executable instructions comprising; a first set of instructions to identify an occupant within the image; a second set of instructions to determine the position of an occupant in a space associated with the image processing occupancy sensor and provide data indicative of the position of the occupant in the space. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An image processing occupancy sensor comprising:
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an image sensor; a microprocessor coupled with a memory, the memory configured to receive an image of a space from the image sensor, the memory including computer executable instructions to; determine a position of one or more occupants in the space and provide an output signal indicative of the position of the one more occupants in the space. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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