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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Aveek Ravishekhar Purohit, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anurag Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus relating to a pyroelectric IR (PIR) motion sensor are provided. The provided PIR motion sensor can be used to determine an angular position of a moving person relative to the PIR motion sensor. The provided PIR motion sensor can be used to determine a proximity of a moving person relative to the PIR motion sensor. The angular position and the proximity can be used to identify a false alarm, estimate occupancy of a region, enable tracking of a target, and the like. In an example, the provided PIR motion sensor includes multiple PIR sensors and a Fresnel lens including lenslets configured to direct received IR radiation to at least two of the PIR sensors.