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Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2016
Applicant:

Vivint, Inc., Provo, UT (US);

Inventors:

James Beagley, Taylorsville, UT (US);

Jason C. Flint, Provo, UT (US);

Scott Bevan, Lehi, UT (US);

Jeffrey Louis Jones, Elk Ridge, UT (US);

Assignee:

Vivint, Inc., Provo, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/18 (2006.01); G08B 13/19 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G08B 13/16 (2006.01); G08B 13/187 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/19 (2013.01); G08B 13/1436 (2013.01); G08B 13/1645 (2013.01); G08B 13/187 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are described for monitoring a monitored space. An example computer-implemented method for monitoring a monitored space includes periodically emitting with an active infrared sensor a modulated infrared signal into a monitored space being monitored by a home automation system, receiving with the active infrared sensor the modulated infrared signals reflected from objects in the monitored space, and determining at least one of whether a number of objects in the monitored space have changed and whether any of the objects are moving.


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