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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023

Filed:

May. 13, 2020
Applicant:

Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jan Neerbek, Beder, DK;

Rafal Krzysztof Malewski, Aalborg, DK;

Brian Thoft Moth Møller, Hojberg, DK;

Paul Nangeroni, San Francisco, CA (US);

Amalavoyal Narasimha Chari, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

ROKU, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04H 60/45 (2008.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04H 60/45 (2013.01); H04N 21/4432 (2013.01); H04N 21/4436 (2013.01); H04N 21/4666 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for the detection of human presence in an energy efficient manner using a plurality of sensors such as those of a battery-powered device such as a television remote, and a device with a processor, such as a television. Data gathered from an initial television WiFi radio scan, or an initial low-powered detection scan from the television remote, may be analyzed by the processor to determine a potential presence of one or more humans are present proximate to the device. If there is such a potential presence, the device remote can enter a full-powered detection mode to accurately determine the presence or absence of one or more humans, and take further actions.


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