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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2017
L&p Property Management Company, South Gate, CA (US);
Eric D. Miller, Olathe, KS (US);
Braden Berziel, Joplin, MO (US);
Vino Gopalakrishnan, Carthage, MO (US);
Jonathan Kaufmann, San Antonio, TX (US);
Douglas E. Conyers, San Antonio, TX (US);
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, South Gate, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for active-mirroring, capacitive monitoring of furniture are provided. More particularly, the invention relates to an active mirroring system for a furniture item that monitors a first sensor type over a first frequency, while applying an inverse first frequency to at least one other sensor type coupled to the same furniture item. As such, the additional sensor types receiving the inverse sampling frequency may be dampened and/or cancelled, thereby preventing interference during monitoring of the first sensor type. In further aspects, a monitoring and mirroring cycle is provided, for sequentially monitoring and mirroring capacitive sensing mechanisms on different portions of a common furniture item.