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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2011
John Charles Krumm, Redmond, WA (US);
James W. Scott, Cambridge, GB;
Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian R. Meyers, Issaquah, WA (US);
Stephen Edward Hodges, Cambridge, GB;
John Charles Krumm, Redmond, WA (US);
James W. Scott, Cambridge, GB;
Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian R. Meyers, Issaquah, WA (US);
Stephen Edward Hodges, Cambridge, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for occupancy prediction using historical occupancy patterns are described. In an embodiment, an occupancy probability is computed by comparing a recent occupancy pattern to historic occupancy patterns. Sensor data for a room, or other space, is used to generate a table of past occupancy which comprises these historic occupancy patterns. The comparison which is performed identifies a number of similar historic occupancy patterns and data from these similar historic occupancy patterns is combined to generate an occupancy probability for a time in the future. In an example, time may be divided into discrete slots and binary values may be used to indicate occupancy or non-occupancy in each slot. An occupancy probability for a defined future time slot then comprises a combination of the binary values for corresponding time slots from each of the identified similar occupancy patterns.