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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Rohit Kumar, Hackensack, NJ (US);
Maulin Dahyabhai Patel, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus, a system and a method for improving the determination of occupancy in an area is disclosed. The apparatus represents a motion sensor that provides improved granularity of the determination of motion within a first time period, wherein samples are collected during the first time period and then integrated over the first time period to determine a level of motion. The determined level of motion during the first time period are stored and transmitted at the end of a second time period. In one aspect of the invention, the occupancy is determined based on the collected level of motion inpreceding first time periods. In another aspect of the invention, the collected information is transmitted over a network, where the transmitted data may be further collected and processed.