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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2001
Antonio Colmenarez, Peekskill, NY (US);
Srinivas Gutta, Buchanan, NY (US);
Miroslav Trajkovic, Ossining, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method and system for the automatic detection of a sleeping person and for adjusting electrical power supplied to a number of electronic devices; it includes a unit for observing the behavior of a person in a predetermined area under surveillance and a unit for analyzing output data from the observing unit to determine whether the observed behavior is associated with predefined sleeping behaviors. Upon recognition that the observed behavior indicates the sleeping state of a person, the electrical power supplied to the plurality of electronic devices is selectively adjusted according to predetermined criteria.