Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System architecture for office productivity structure communications
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Application No.: US17000738Application Date: 2020-08-24
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Publication No.: US11517113B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Christopher Hoyt , Daniel Rucker , Joseph Doran , Brian Alexander , Adam Daley-Fell
- Applicant: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MI Zeeland
- Assignee: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
- Current Assignee: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Zeeland
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Main IPC: A47C7/62
- IPC: A47C7/62 ; A47C7/56 ; A47C1/03 ; A47C31/12 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/103 ; A61B5/11

Abstract:
A furniture system includes an office productivity structure (OPS). The furniture system also includes a sensor coupled to the OPS, the sensor operable to detect occupancy of the OPS and generate an output signal indicative of the occupancy; and a processor coupled to the sensor. The processor is operable to receive the output signal generated by the sensor, determine, based on the output signal, that the OPS is occupied, and, in response to determining that the OPS is occupied, generate a command to initiate at least one action associated with the OPS or an operator of the OPS.
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