University of Michigan

Carol C Menassa

Vineet R Kamat

Da Li

A method of making a thermal comfort estimation of one or more human occupants in a built space in real-time is presented. The method employs one or more thermographic cameras and one or more red, green, and blue depth (RGB-D) sensors. The method has several steps. In an example, the method involves capturing thermal images of the human occupant(s) via the thermographic camera(s) and capturing RGB-D images of the human occupant(s) via the RGB-D camera(s). The method further involves extracting facial skin temperatures of the human occupant(s) using the captured thermal images and using the captured RGB-D images. And the method involves estimating the thermal comfort of the human occupant(s) using the extracted facial skin temperatures.

Detecting presence and estimating thermal comfort of one or more human occupants in a built space in real-time using one or more thermographic cameras and one or more RGB-D sensors

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Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Carol C Menassa