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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2015
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anthony Michael Fadell, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Matthew Lee Rogers, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kipp Avery Rogers, Chicago, IL (US);
Abraham K. Ishihara, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shahar Ben-Menahem, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rangoli Sharan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting occupancy of an enclosure may include a sensing system adapted to monitor utility information for the enclosure which tends to indicate a likelihood of occupancy of the enclosure. The utility information may include power line information, Smart Meter information, Wi-Fi information, etc. The system may also include a processing system programmed to estimate occupancy of the enclosure based at least in part on the monitored utility information by the sensing system.