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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kei Miura, Mie, JP;
Tomoaki Sasaki, Mie, JP;
Koichiro Kui, Mie, JP;
Yoshitaka Kimura, Mie, JP;
Hirofumi Sugiyama, Mie, JP;
Abstract
A sensor control device includes: a determiner which has a first determination mode for determining whether a person is present, based on a result of detection by a first sensor and a result of detection by a second sensor, and a second determination mode for determining whether a person is present, based on a result of detection by the second sensor, wherein the determiner suspends determination as to whether a person is present in the first determination mode, if a brightness change value indicating a change in brightness in a first detection range during a certain time period is greater than a predetermined value in the first determination mode, and determines whether a person is present in the first determination mode, if the brightness change value in the first detection range is less than the predetermined value in the first determination mode.