94 results about "Occupancy sensor" patented technology

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioner energy-saving systems, and discloses a central air conditioner energy-saving automatic control system and method.The central air conditioner energy-saving automatic control system comprises a sensor module, a control module, a communication module, an intelligent control algorithm module, a dynamic adjusting module and an energy-saving optimization module; the sensor module comprises a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a CO2 sensor, an illumination sensor and an occupation sensor, the temperature sensor is used for monitoring indoor and outdoor temperatures and providing real-time data for decision making of a control system, and an NTC (negative temperature coefficient thermistor), a PTC (positive temperature coefficient thermistor) or a DS18B20 digital temperature sensor is adopted. The environment parameters are monitored in real time, the operation state of the air conditioning equipment is dynamically adjusted, the high-energy-consumption operation mode of a traditional air conditioning system is avoided, cooling / heating according to needs is achieved, energy consumption is effectively reduced, the mode is automatically switched to the energy-saving mode in the state that the number of personnel activities is small or no one exists, and therefore the effect of remarkably reducing the operation load and energy consumption can be achieved.

A method for controlling a dehumidifier is provided. The dehumidifier may include a dehumidifying module having a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and a fan module. The method may include determining by an occupancy sensor whether an occupant is present in an indoor space in which the dehumidifier is located; operating the compressor at a low speed when the occupancy sensor determines that an occupant is present in the indoor space; operating the compressor at a constant or high speed when the occupancy sensor determines that there are no occupants in the indoor space; and stopping operation of the compressor when an indoor humidity reaches a target humidity.

A system for air conditioning is provided which comprises a HVAC system suitable to air condition a space. The HVAC system has a heating mode, a cooling mode, and a fan mode. The system further comprises a building space to be air conditioned by the HVAC system, at least two air temperature sensors situated in different locations in the building space, at least one occupancy sensor for detecting the presence of at least one person in the building space and a controller for controlling an operation of the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system. The controller is configured to make a selection between the heating mode, cooling mode and fan mode based on signals of the at least two air temperature sensors. The system allows the provision of a thermal comfort in the building space of the system at a reduced overall energy consumption and reduced carbon footprint.

Disclosed is a building energy management system (BEMS) for a building comprising a plurality of individual units. Each individual unit comprises a first light detector to detect a first indoor light level for each individual unit and a first occupancy sensor to determine a first occupancy level within the individual unit. The BEMS comprises a control module connected to each first light detector, the plurality of first light appliances and each first occupancy sensor. The control module scans to determine a list of all the first light appliances within each individual unit to create a map of the first light appliances, groups the mapped first light appliances into a plurality of clusters, assigns control parameters to each cluster and controls the clustered first light appliances based on detected light and occupancy levels.

The invention relates to a surface suction gripper (10) with a suction side (14) for suctioning objects (12), comprising a gripper base body, wherein the surface suction gripper has a plurality of suction openings (24) on the suction side for suctioning an object, an occupancy sensor (40) for detecting at least one suctioned object, comprising a measuring arrangement (42) with at least one measuring chamber (46) that can be pressurized with negative or positive pressure, wherein the measuring chamber (46) opens into the suction side via a plurality of measuring openings (48), and a sensor device (44) for detecting a change in pressure and / or flow in the at least one measuring chamber.

A system includes an occupant detection module configured to identify an occupancy condition when an occupant is seated on a vehicle seat and an unoccupancy condition when the vehicle seat is free of the occupant. The system also includes a buckle sensor configured to identify a buckling time when the latch plate is initially secured to the buckle. The seatbelt wearing condition module is configured to identify the occupancy condition based on the occupant detection module identifying the occupancy condition before a buckling moment, at a buckling moment and after buckling regardless of whether the occupant detection module detects the occupancy condition at the buckling moment or an unoccupied condition at the buckling moment.

A system 100 for controlling operation of a heat pump 104 configured with an electric heater 106. The system 100 comprises an occupancy sensor 110 positioned in an area of interest "AOI" 102 and is operable to detect presence / absence of occupants within the AOI 102. The system 100 supplies air within the AOI 102 while flowing the air through the heat pump 104 and the electric heater 106. The system 100 comprises a controller 116 that is configured to receive data pertaining to a first predefined temperature for the air to be supplied to the AOI 102, monitor real-time temperature of the air being supplied to the AOI 102, detect, using the occupancy sensor 110, presence of the occupants within the AOI 102, and operate, upon detecting the presence of the one or more occupants within the AOI 102, the heat pump 104 and / or the electric heater 106 to adjust the temperature of the air being supplied to the AOI 102 to the first predefined temperature.

A seat occupancy sensor system and method that use radio frequency (RF) sensors to detect and distinguish vehicle occupants in a passenger cabin of a vehicle. The system may include one or more seat occupancy sensor(s) and a seat occupancy control module and can operate according to different operational modes based on the state of the vehicle doors. When one or more door(s) are open, the system and method may operate according to a first operational mode that keeps track of vehicle occupants entering and / or exiting the passenger cabin; and when there are no doors open, the system and method may operate according to a second operational mode that detects and distinguishes vehicle occupants in the passenger cabin, with the occupant count from the first mode being used as an input. These different operational modes can help improve the accuracy and / or performance of seat occupancy sensor system.

An autonomous floor cleaner includes a plurality of occupiable space sensors for location and / or proximity sensing. Data from the occupiable space sensors can be used to determine an area of ​​occupiable space near the autonomous floor cleaner. Methods for exiting trapped conditions, obstacle avoidance, and path planning are disclosed.

An occupancy count of the space of a building from occupancy sensor 18 is monitored and an error parameter for each occupancy sensor 18 is identified. The error parameter relates to a difference betwe

A seat occupancy sensor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The seat occupancy sensor comprises a junction; a first circuit branch, the first circuit branch extending from the junction; and a second circuit branch, the second circuit branch extending from the junction; wherein the junction, the first circuit branch, and the second circuit branch together form a circuit loop including a first trace and a second trace, the first trace and the second trace being connected via a contact switch arranged on the circuit loop, the contact switch having a closed position in which the first trace and the second trace are in contact with another and an open position in which the first trace and the second trace are not in contact with another.

The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent buildings, and particularly discloses a dimming glass control system for a conference room, which comprises dimming glass, an illumination sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an occupation sensor, an intelligent control unit and a human-computer interaction interface, the dimming glass is electrochromic glass; the illumination sensor is responsible for monitoring the environment illumination intensity in real time; the temperature sensor is used for detecting the change of the environment temperature; the humidity sensor is used for monitoring the relative humidity change in the environment; the occupancy sensor detects a personnel occupancy state in a conference room; the intelligent control unit receives data from the sensor, dynamically calculates the optimal transparency of the dimming glass through control logic based on a PLC and an artificial intelligence algorithm, and adjusts the light environment. According to the method, various factors such as illumination, temperature and occupation state are comprehensively considered, the energy-saving requirements of modern buildings are responded, the optimal transparency of the dimming glass is dynamically calculated, and the light environment is adjusted.

The present disclosure relates to a modulated ultraviolet light disinfection system. The system and method for disinfecting a target space include an ultraviolet (UV) lamp, an occupancy sensor, and a control unit operatively connected to the occupancy sensor and the UV lamp. The UV lamp is configured to emit UV light into the target space. The occupancy sensor is configured to monitor the target space and generate a sensor signal indicating that the target space is occupied by at least one person. The control unit is configured to receive the sensor signal generated by the occupancy sensor and, based on the occupancy of the target space, modulate the irradiance of the UV light emitted by the UV lamp over time.

A retrofit system for the monitoring of seatbelt status in mass transit vehicles is adapted for retrofitting in different existing vehicles and includes a plurality of non-contact position sensors each associated with the buckle and tongue of a seatbelt, and a seat pan upholstery module with a seat occupancy sensor fixed to its inner side. The sensor of the non-contact position sensors is adapted to be fixed to an external surface of the buckle housing. A monitoring unit is coupled to the non-contact position sensors and occupancy sensors and to a display of seatbelt status comprising an indication that, when each of the seats is occupied, whether the respective seatbelt is in the fastened positioned or a released position.

An action monitoring system is configured to monitor an action of a monitoring target person living in a residence, and includes occupancy sensors, a storage section, and a determination section. The occupancy sensors are provided in places different from each other in the residence. The determination section is configured to store, in the storage section in advance, a specific action defined by at least a reaction order of the multiple occupancy sensors, and store a reaction time as reaction data in the storage section when any of the multiple occupancy sensors reacts. The determination section is further configured to extract a current action based on the reaction data stored in the storage section, and compare the current action with the specific action to determine whether the specific action has been normally performed.

This invention relates to the field of plate grooving, and discloses a plate grooving production line and a plate grooving system, comprising: a grooving machine for grooving workpieces, the grooving machine including a machine base and a headstock, the headstock being disposed on the right side of the machine base, a fixing component being disposed on the upper surface of the machine base, the fixing component including a support frame, the support frame being slidably connected to the upper surface of the machine base, a push rod being fixedly connected to the rear end of the support frame, and a push plate being slidably connected to the upper surface of the push rod; a robot arm for moving workpieces; and a conveyor roller bed, the lower surface of which is provided with an empty material sensor and a occupancy sensor from right to left. In this invention, by setting up a conveyor roller bed and a temporary storage platform, workpieces to be processed can be temporarily stored, and single groups of workpieces can be separated in advance by a suction cup, thus achieving continuous feeding, while the push rod and push plate are also provided.

This invention provides a novel occupant occupant occupant occupant sensor protection structure and sensor, comprising: a sheet assembly and a wiring harness assembly electrically connected to each other, with the protection structure body disposed at the electrical connection point between the sheet assembly and the wiring harness assembly. The thickness of the protection structure body near the sheet assembly and the wiring harness assembly is less than the thickness of the central portion of the protection structure body. By reducing the thickness of the protection structure body near the edges of the sheet assembly and the wiring harness assembly, the rigidity difference between the protection structure body and the sheet assembly, and between the protection structure body and the wiring harness assembly, is reduced. This reduces the risk of breakage of the sheet assembly, the protection structure body, and the wiring harness assembly during bending, thereby improving the sensor's service life.

To prevent an occupant from being surprised by unexpected movement of a seat when the occupant sits thereon, and quickly moves the seat when the occupant does not sit thereon.SOLUTION: A seat control device 2 includes a control part 21 for controlling movement of a seat 40 of a rear seat, on the basis of a remote operation signal input from a remote operation part 1a of a driving seat. The control part 21 determines presence / absence of sitting of the occupant in the seat 40, on the basis of a signal from a seating sensor 27 for detecting that the occupant sits on the seat 40. When the remote operation signal is input, and the occupant sits thereon, the control part 21 moves the seat 40 after the lapse of a predetermined time. On the other hand, when the remote operation signal is input, and the occupant does not sit thereon, the control part 21 moves the seat 40 before the lapse of the predetermined time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Receptacles and systems having occupancy sensors and / or air disinfection capability in conjunction with portable area / room disinfection apparatuses are provided. An embodiment of a receptacle for receiving a portable disinfection apparatus includes a sensor for detecting occupancy or potential occupancy in an area / room and a wireless transmitter communicably coupled to the sensor. Embodiments of other receptacles include an air moving device for drawing air from an ambient of receptacle and configurations to provide an air channel from the air moving device to an area at which germicide from a portable disinfection apparatus is emitted when the portable disinfection apparatus is arranged in the receptacle. An embodiment of a system includes a receptacle for receiving a portable disinfection apparatus and an air duct fluidly coupled to a port of the receptacle and extending through a wall of a room in which the receptacle is arranged.

A load control system controls an electrical load provided in a space and comprises a load control device and one or more occupancy sensors. The load control device controls the load in response to the wireless control signals received from the occupancy sensors. Each occupancy sensor transmits an occupied control signal to the load control device in response to detecting an occupancy condition in the space and a vacant control signal to the load control device in response to detecting a vacancy condition. The load control device turns on the load in response to receiving the occupied control signal from at least one of the occupancy sensors, and turns off the load in response to receiving vacant control signals from both of the occupancy sensors. The load control device is operable to determine that no wireless control signals have been received from the occupancy sensors for the length of a predetermined timeout period and to subsequently turn off the load.

A vehicle includes a driver seat zone and a passenger seat zone including a passenger seat lighting system and a passenger seat occupant sensor. A lighting control module is configured to operate in a first lighting mode and a second lighting mode. In the first lighting mode, the lighting control module is configured to supply power to the passenger seat lighting system during operation of the vehicle. In the second lighting mode, the lighting control module is configured to supply power to the passenger seat lighting system in response to the passenger seat occupant sensor sensing a passenger in the passenger seat zone during operation of the vehicle and not supply power to the passenger seat lighting system in response to the passenger seat occupant sensor not sensing the passenger in the passenger seat zone during operation of the vehicle.

The utility model discloses a medicine storage device and a medicine management and control suitcase, the medicine storage device comprises a medicine storage bin body and a medicine bearing part, the medicine bearing part is provided with a plurality of medicine clamping positions, and the medicine bearing part is further provided with a medicine occupation sensor corresponding to each medicine clamping position; a first signal transmission connecting piece is arranged on the medicine bearing piece, and the medicine occupation sensor is electrically connected with the first signal transmission connecting piece; a second signal transmission connecting piece used for leading out signals to the outside is arranged on the medicine storage bin body, and when the medicine bearing piece is arranged in the medicine storage bin body, the second signal transmission connecting piece is in contact connection with the first signal transmission connecting piece. The medicine storage device provided by the utility model can monitor the state of the medicine on the medicine bearing piece in real time, can be widely applied to the medicine management and control suitcase and various portable medicine boxes provided by the utility model, and realizes real-time tracking and monitoring of the medicine taken out from a pharmacy.

The invention discloses a self-adaptive wind field regulation and control seat ion purification ventilation system, and relates to the technical field of control systems, and the system comprises an occupation sensor module which comprises a pressure sensor arranged on a vehicle seat and is used for detecting seat state information; the gas quality detection module comprises a PM2.5 concentration detector and is used for detecting the PM2.5 concentration beside the seat; the ion purification module comprises an ion purifier, a fan, an air outlet, an air inlet and an air duct and is used for ventilating and purifying air in the vehicle; the analysis processing module has data receiving, judging and transmitting functions, judges whether a person exists or not and the gas quality grade according to the received pressure sensor and gas state information, and judges the state of the ion purification module; the seat embedded control module is used for controlling the use state of the purification module by receiving an instruction of the analysis processing module; the PM2.5 concentration beside the seat can be monitored in real time, and the wind field intensity and ion purification starting can be automatically adjusted.

A system and method for controlling energy consumption in a facility region uses smart electrical sockets. The system includes smart electrical sockets with plug receptacles and socket controllers that can switch power on / off to the connected appliances. A supervisory controller connects to an occupancy sensor and the smart sockets. When the region becomes unoccupied for a threshold time, the controller signals selected sockets to switch off power to their connected appliances. When occupancy resumes, power may be automatically restored to selected sockets. Alternatively, or in addition, the system responds to demand response events by switching off power delivered by certain smart sockets, and automatically restoring power to selected sockets once the demand response event expires.

The invention discloses a method and device for protecting a biological object in a vehicle, electronic equipment and a storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: under the condition that a vehicle is in a parking locking state, acquiring an occupying detection result of an occupying sensor corresponding to at least one seat and an original image acquired by an image sensor corresponding to at least one seat; determining a target detection result based on the occupation detection result and the original image; when the target detection result is that the biological object exists in the corresponding position of at least one seat, identifying the original image, and determining an object type corresponding to the biological object; a target protection strategy corresponding to the object type is executed, and the target protection strategy is used for representing execution of the protection strategy on the biological object. According to the invention, the technical problem of low accuracy and timeliness of detection and protection of the biological object left in the vehicle in the prior art is solved.

A system for controlling operation of a heat pump configured with an electric heater. The system comprises an occupancy sensor positioned in an area of interest (AOI) and is operable to detect presence / absence of occupants within the AOI. The system supplies air within the AOI while flowing the air through the heat pump and the electric heater. The system comprises a controller that is configured to receive data pertaining to a first predefined temperature for the air to be supplied to the AOI, monitor real-time temperature of the air being supplied to the AOI, detect, using the occupancy sensor, presence of the occupants within the AOI, and operate, upon detecting the presence of the one or more occupants within the AOI, the heat pump and / or the electric heater to adjust the temperature of the air being supplied to the AOI to the first predefined temperature.

Detection and identification of auditory events in distributed lighting networks is provided. Lighting fixtures or other devices in a distributed lighting network can incorporate an audio sensor (e.g., a microphone) through which auditory events (e.g., air leaks in compressed air systems, high noise events, shots fired, clapping, voice commands, etc.) are detected and measured. Through machine learning (e.g., a convolutional neural network), a type of auditory event can be identified, and action can be taken based on the type of the auditory event, such as to provide notification, alert nearby users, log events, provide sound cancelation, and so on. In some examples, the auditory event can be localized using multiple audio sensors. In some examples, a learning algorithm can fuse information from multiple sensor inputs, such as temperature sensors, cameras, occupancy sensors, light sensors, and so on.

A vehicle contains a driver's seat zone and a front passenger seat zone, which includes a front passenger seat lighting system and a front passenger seat occupancy sensor. A lighting control module is configured to operate in two lighting modes. In the first lighting mode, the lighting control module is configured to supply power to the front passenger seat lighting system while the vehicle is running. In the second lighting mode, the lighting control module is configured to supply power to the front passenger seat lighting system when the front passenger seat occupancy sensor detects a passenger in the front passenger seat zone, and to not supply power to the front passenger seat lighting system when the front passenger seat occupancy sensor does not detect a passenger in the front passenger seat zone.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling transitions in an optically switchable device. In one aspect, a controller for a tintable window may include a processor, an input for receiving output signals from sensors, and instructions for causing the processor to determine a level of tint of the tintable window, and an output for controlling the level of tint in the tintable window. The instructions may include a relationship between the received output signals and the level of tint, with the relationship employing output signals from an exterior photosensor, an interior photosensor, an occupancy sensor, an exterior temperature sensor, and a transmissivity sensor. In some instances, the controller may receive output signals over a network and / or be interfaced with a network, and in some instances, the controller may be a standalone controller that is not interfaced with a network.